Building record 2775/0/5 - Gatehouse Cottage, Main Street

Mid 18th century house which was probably remodelled during the 19th and 20th centuries. Thatched and Collyweston slate tile roofs.

{1} House. Mid C18th and C19th. Squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar with thatch and Collyweston slate roofs. Originally single-unit plan. 2 storeys with single-storey lean-to to either side. Gable abutting road has one-window range of casements, with glazing bars, under renewed wood lintels. Flanking lean-to extensions have similar windows. Gabled roof with catslides to either side, that to right has Collyweston slates. Side walls, each have a one-window range, with C19 style casements under wood lintel. Gable elevation to garden is ashlar, with a one-window range of tall casement windows with glazing bars, under stone lintels with keyblocks. C20 door to left. Stone stack at apex of gable. Interior probably remodelled C19 and C20.

{3} Single rooom cottage of one storey and attic, extended on both sides. Thatched roof. C18th or C19th.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/59 (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 (checked) (Series). SNN77384.

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

<5> Historic England, Undated, GATEHOUSE COTTAGE, COTTERSTOCK, BF084346 (Archive). SNN115978.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2024 12:14PM