Building record 855/1/1 - The Cottage, Potcote

House, formerly farmhouse. Early/mid C18. Coursed squared limestone, plain-tile roof, brick ridge and end stacks.

{1} House, formerly farmhouse. Early/mid C18. Coursed squared limestone, plain-tile roof, brick ridge and end stacks. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. 4-panel door to right of centre in pegged wood surround, with wood lintel and straight hood on brackets. 3-light casement windows to ground and first floors with wood lintels. Blocked door to left of centre, now part- filled by 2-light casement window with wood lintel. Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams and two open fireplaces with bressumers.

{3} Undated photo;

{4} A single farmstead is shown in 1726, with another to the south in Greens Norton parish (Lower Potcote). The same situation existed in 1812, and apart from the rebuilding of the farm on a site to the north-west of the old one, nothing has changed.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 7/41 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F09 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Various, Various, Photographs of buildings in Cold Higham (Photographs). SNN111561.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.33 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

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Mar 20 2025 4:24PM