Building record 2790/0/31 - Stone Cottage & Attached Wall

A 17th century limestone cottage altered during the 19th century.

{1} House. C17 and C19. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Originally 2-unit plan. Single storey with attic. 3-window range, at ground floor, of restored leaded casements under wood lintels. Centre window which was originally a doorway, has a wooden casement. 2 hipped eaves dormers also have leaded casements. Brick stacks at ridge and end. Gable ends have C20 casement windows. Entrance at rear. C19 single-storey extension to rear. Wall attached to rear has reset headstone with inscription to John Desbrow 1719. Said to have been used as a hearth stone and arch-head niche reset from fireplace inside the building. The Desbrow family are recorded as holding the dwelling in 1778. Interior has small open fireplace with bressumer.

{3} Stone Cottage one storey and attics, 17th century. Reset in the garden:two pilasters with chamfered capitals and bases and round-headed semicircular niches removed from the fireplace; tombstone to John Desbrow, 26 October 1719, found as hearthplace on first floor.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 19/222 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.168 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Woodnewton (Photographs). SNN114311.

<5> Historic England, STONE COTTAGE, WOODNEWTON, BF084266 (Archive). SNN114762.

Record last edited

Feb 20 2023 3:40PM