Building record 2707/0/8 - No.6 (Berryside) and No.8 (The Nutshell)

House built in 1648 and later converted into 2 dwellings. 18th and 19th century alterations.

House, now 2 dwellings. Datestone I.S./1648, C18 and C19. Squared coursed and part banded limestone, now part rendered. Collyweston slate, Welsh slate and concrete tile roofs. Originally probably T-shape plan. Single storey with attic. Main front of 3 bays. Centre bay breaks forward as gabled cross-wing. Bay to right adjoins on line of gable end and is probably a later addition. 3 C20 casement windows, under wood lintels, and one similar window in return wall of cross-wing, has rendered head. Do rway to left of cross-wing has moulded stone surround and 4-centred arch-head, with cornice above. Hipped eaves dormers, to far right and to return wall of cross-wing, and Lincolnshire dormer to left; all with C20 casements. Ashlar gable parapets and brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Centre bay has Collyweston slate roof. Datestone in the form of a shield, to left of window at ground floor left. Right gable has part-glazed door under wood lintel and C19 casement above, also under wood intel. Cross-wing extends to rear and has C20 dormer windows. Interior not inspected but probably has remains of open fireplace. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p128)

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 16/188 (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> Historic England, Undated, THE NUTSHELL, NASSINGTON, BF084231 (Archive). SNN113365.

Record last edited

May 5 2022 2:55PM