Building record 2775/6/1 - The Old Vicarage & Vicarage Cottage

Vicarage, now 2 dwellings. Datestone M/IN/1651 extended 1831 by James Richardson of Stamford and mid C19. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs.

{1} Vicarage, now 2 dwellings. Datestone M/IN/1651 extended 1831 by James Richardson of Stamford and mid C19. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs. Main front of 3 bays, bay to right breaks forward with a hipped roof. 2-window range, to right, has unhorned sash window under stone lintels. Projecting wing has similar window to first floor and return wall all under gauged stone heads with keyblocks. C19 wooden canted bay window has openwork castellated parapet. Central 5-panel door has fanlight with diagonal glazing bars, moulded wood pilasters and open pediment over. Ashlar gable parapets. Right gable has 2 sash windows, similar to main front, under stone lintels. Datestone in apex of gable. C19 five-window range, attached to left of main front, has one sash window with glazing bars; other windows are C20 casements, all under stone lintels. C19 and C20 doorways at ground floor. Interior not inspected. The main range appears substantially remodelled by James Richardson, the projecting wing and range, now Vicarage Cottage, probably followed in mid C19.

{3} Two storeys, with stone and Welsh slated roofs. Set at right-angles to the road. At its south end a two-storey, two-cell house with parapeted gables, with inscribed date of 1651. In 1831 the building was in a poor condition and James Richardson of Stamford partially re-built and extended the house at an estimated cost of £375.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/56 (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+42-3+Plate 117 (checked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Plans of Parsonages, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN104843.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Cotterstock (Photographs). SNN112091.

<6> Historic England, Undated, THE OLD VICARAGE, COTTERSTOCK, BF084347 (Archive). SNN115972.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2024 11:13AM