Building record 6191/0/3 - Thorpe Cottage & Castle Farm Cottage

{1} Pair of cottages. Early C18. Coursed ironstone rubble, artificial stone slate roof, brick stacks. 2 storeys, 6 bays. Thorpe Cottage to left has doorway to right of centre with wood lintel and C20 half-glazed door. 2-light window on either side with wood lintel and C20 wood casements. Similar window on first floor. Castle Farm Cottage to right has 3 windows on each floor with wood lintels and 2- and 3-light C20 wooden casements. Entrance at rear. Interior: Thorpe Cottage has set of chamfered beams on ground floor and open fireplace with bread oven. Interior of Castle Farm Cottage not inspected but said to have similar beams and open fireplace. Included for group value

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/194 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Overthorpe (Photographs). SNN112890.

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Jan 26 2022 2:45PM