Building record 2210/1/1 - Three Chimneys, Kettering Road

Farmhouse, now a house. Mid C18, refenestrated 1955. Coursed and squared ironstone with limestone dressings and shingled roofs. A fire in 2011 damaged the roof structure.

{1} Farmhouse, now a house. Mid C18, refenestrated 1955. Coursed and squared ironstone with limestone dressings and shingled roofs. Plinth, 2 coped gables with kneelers, 3 gable and single ridge stone stacks. 2 storeys plus attics, 4 bays plus single bay service end. Windows are mainly C20 2-light leaded casements. Main block has an off-centre gabled C20 porch and 3 casements. Above, 4 casements. All these windows have wooden lintels. Above again, 2 C20 flat roofed dormers. Lower service end, to the right has 2 casements and above, a central casement. West gable has a central 2-light casement on each floor and a single casement to the garret. The rear has an off-centre single storey gabled C20 addition. Irregular fenestration similar to the front.

{3} A fire on 22 March 2011 damaged the roof structure. The property used to be three separate cottages.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/37 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/3 p.24 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> EVENING TELEGRAPH, 2011, Fire at Iconic Building in Loddington, (checked) (Article). SNN107858.

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Aug 27 2020 9:45AM