Building record 2775/0/7 - April Cottage, Main Street

A probable early 18th- and mid 19th-century house built from coursed limestone rubble with thatch and concrete tile roofs.

{1} House. Probably early C18th and mid C19th. Coursed limestone rubble with thatch and concrete tile roofs. 2-unit plan. Single storey with attic. 2-window range of C20 casements under wood lintels. 2 eyebrow dormers have similar windows, to attic. Central C20 door under wood lintel. Evidence of blocked doors to either side of entrance. Brick stack at end. C19 outbuilding attached to left has concrete tile roof and is now incorporated into the house. Interior: room to left of entrance has open fireplac with stop-chamfered bressumer. Room to right of entrance has small internal leaded window. Some original roof structure remains. Probably used as 2 dwellings with a central passageway. Included for group value.

{4} Undated photo;

{5} Plan and photograph

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/61 (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.42 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

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

<5> Historic England, 1979, HOUSE MAIN STREET, COTTERSTOCK, BF084343 (Archive). SNN116550.

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Aug 20 2024 1:44PM