Building record 266/0/27 - Tudor Cottage

House. C17. Coursed ironstone rubble banded with limestone, squared ironstone quoins. Slate roof, central stone stack. Dryden recorded a datestone of 1687 when he surveyed the building in 1898.

{1} House. C17. Coursed ironstone rubble banded with limestone, squared ironstone quoins. Slate roof, central stone stack. L-plan. 2 storeys, attic and cellar, 2 bays. 3-light stone mullioned window to cellar in left bay. Two 3-light stone mullioned windows with square hood on ground floor. 2-light stone mullioned windows without hoods on first floor. Coped gable ends with kneelers. 3-light stone mullioned windows with square hoods to ground and first floor on left side. Similar 2-light window to attic. Entrance at rear has wood lintel and 6-panel double door. 2-light stone mullioned window with square hood to right. 3-light casement window in right bay on first floor, one-light window to left. C20 ironstone extension at rear. 2 storeys, one bay. Main entrance on side with wood lintel and C20 six-panel door. Interior: Open fireplace with bread oven and stone fireplace with 4-centred arch and cut spandrels in ground floor room. Set of stop-chamfered beams. C19/C20 staircase.

{3} Undated photo.

{4} Section and elevation of Tudor Cottage in 1898. A note on one of the drawings indicates that the thatch and coping were taken off in 1898 and slate substituted. A datestone of 1687 is recorded as below:
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1687

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/148 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F03 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Moreton Pinkney (Photographs). SNN112858.

<4> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, DR/25/189/148-151 (Archive). SNN115.

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Oct 2 2024 11:30AM