Building record 2707/0/10 - No.53 (Winford Cottage)

A 17th century house which was converted into two dwellings during the 19th century and partly used as a dame school is located on the western side of Station Road. The building is constructed from coursed limestone with a thatch roof with brick ridge and gable chimney stacks. The building is single story with an attic that is lit by two eyebrow dormer windows. The street frontage has a door to the far left with a triangular stair light above and a casement window to the right. To the right of the centre is a half blocked doorway flanked by shallow buttresses and a three light casement window.

House. C17. Squared coursed limestone, now painted, with thatch roof. Originally 2-unit through-passage plan. Single storey with attic. 3-window range, at ground floor, of C19 casements under wood lintels. Centre window has crude flanking buttresses and was a door. 2 eyebrow dormers with leaded casements and some early glass. Small triangular stair window, above doorway, to right. Plank door, with glazed panel, under wood lintel, to far left. Brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Interior: oom to right of entrance has open fireplace with bressumer and stop-chamfered spine beam. Through-passage passes behind the stack. The house was used as 2 dwellings during C19 and part was used as a dame school. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p129)

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{5} [Former list description] A 17th century house which was converted into two dwellings during the 19th century and partly used as a dame school. The building is constructed from coursed limestone with a thatch roof with brick ridge and end stacks. The building is single story with an attic that is lit by two eyebrow dormer windows. The street frontage has a door to the far left with a triangular stair light above and a casement window to the right. To the right of the centre is a half blocked doorway flanked by shallow buttresses and a three light casement window. The building is Listed at Grade II.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 16/196 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> 1975-85, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN100542.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Nassington (Photographs). SNN112850.

<5> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of Listing: East Northamptonshire. 29-MAR-1982 (Report). SNN112993.

<6> Historic England, Undated, WINFORD COTAGE, NASSINGTON, BF084249 (Archive). SNN113341.

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