Building record 2775/5/2 - Mill House, Cotterstock

House. Datestone R/JS/1803. Limestone ashlar with C20th plain tile roof. Double depth plan. 3 storeys. 3-window range.

{1} House. Datestone R/JS/1803. Limestone ashlar with C20th plain tile roof. Double depth plan. 3 storeys. 3-window range. Central 6 panel door has rectangular fanlight, flanking Tuscan columns and a segmental pediment over. Central sash windows with glazing bars, to first and second floors under gauged stone heads. Similar flanking tripartite sash windows also under gauged stone heads. All windows reduce at second floor level. Raised bands between floors. Hipped roof with internal ashlar stacks. Rear elevation has central datestone and lean-to extensions. Interior: Entrance hall has wide staircase with stick balustrade. Built for owner of Cotterstock Mill, probably James Rickett. Drawn by George Clarke in 1847 (Northamptonshire Records Office; Pictorial Collection).

{3} Of three storeys with hipped roof. Platband at first floor and freestone dressings and doorcase with segmental hood on Tuscan columns, class 8, early C19th, presumably built by James Rickett after the death of his father in 1841 (monument in church). Drawn by George Clarke in August 1847.

{6} Undated photo;

{8} Photo taken 9th August 1994;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/62 (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 (checked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> CLARKE G., 1847, Cottorstock Mill & Mill House, (unchecked) (Drawing). SNN104842.

<5> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (A-H), p. 30 (Report). SNN105520.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Cotterstock (Photographs). SNN112091.

<7> Historic England, Undated, MILL HOUSE, COTTERSTOCK, BF084350 (Archive). SNN115974.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Cotterstock (Photographs). SNN112091.

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Jun 18 2025 12:28PM