Building record 2790/0/24 - No.27 Main Street (Spinney Farm Cottage)

An early 17th century cruck house with 19th century alterations. possibly once used as a shop.

{1} House. Early C17 and C19. Regular coursed limestone with thatch and corrugated asbestos roofs. Originally 3-unit plan. Single storey with attic. 3-window range. C19 casement windows, under wood lintels, to left and right and 8-paned unhorned sash window, under wood lintel, to far left. 2 casement windows, under eyebrow dormers, to left. 4-panelled, part-glazed, door to centre. Stone stacks at ridge and end. C19 single-storey one-window range, attached to left, has large C19 window under shallow tone arch and C20 door under similar head. Corrugated asbestos roof. Probably used as a shop. Interior has open fireplace with bressumer and is noted as having a cruck truss.

{3} Spinney Farm Cottage, one storey and attics, thatched roof, class 2, early 17th century, later extended to the west and the original gable wall removed. Above a former partition between the centre and east rooms is a cruck truss, the blades of which emerge from the wall at a steep angle; the upper part is concealed.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 19/211 (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.170 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Alcock N.W., 1981, Cruck Construction: An Introduction and Catalogue, p.133 (unchecked) (Report). SNN75501.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Woodnewton (Photographs). SNN114311.

<6> Historic England, SPINNEY FARM COTTAGE, WOODNEWTON, BF084295 (Archive). SNN114747.

Record last edited

Feb 20 2023 1:32PM