Building record 2775/0/4 - Cotterstock House, Main Street

Early 19th-century house modified in the mid/late 19th century. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar facades and Welsh slate roof.

{1} House. Early C19th modified mid/late C19th. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar facades and Welsh slate roof. Double depth plan. 2 storeys. Garden front is a 3-window range of unhorned sash window with glazing bars under gauged stone heads. Central, part-glazed, door under similar head. Cast iron verandah at ground floor has 8 supports and convex lead roof. Main house has hipped roof with stone stacks rising from flanking slopes. Entrance front, to right of garden front and abutting road, has mid/late C19th panelled door with stone surround and side lights, all under cast iron verandah, with 3 supports. One window range of sash windows, to left of entrance is similar to garden front. C20th single-storey extensions and modifications to rear. Interior not inspected but noted as having mid/late C19th staircase. Included for group value.

{3} Two storeys, sash windows with freestone dressings and flat arches. Welsh slate roof, hipped with central valley, class 8, early C19th. Verandah with cast iron standards and curved roof, possibly mid C19th. Coach house and stable block to west are later than the house.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/63 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 (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.37+43+Plate 118 (checked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Cotterstock (Photographs). SNN112091.

<5> Historic England, Undated, COTTERSTOCK HOUSE, COTTERSTOCK, BF084349 (Archive). SNN115977.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2024 12:08PM