Building record 2646/0/3 - Nos.16, 17 (Middle Cottage) & 18 Main Street

{1} 2 houses, now 3 dwellings. Late C17th, C18th and C19th. Regular coursed and squared coursed limestone with thatch, Colleyweston slate and concrete tile roof. Originally probably one-unit and 3-unit lobby-entry plans. Single storey with attic, part is 2-storey. Together comprising an irregular 7-window range of C19 and C20 casements, some with glazing bars, under original wood and C20 concrete lintels. C20 door to far right and 2 C20 doors to left. Left hand corner of No.17 (Middle Cottage) breaks forw rd, also right hand corner of No.18, probably indicating the extent of the original 3-unit house. Lean-to extension, with C20 pantile roof, to right of centre. Right gable of No.18 has a half hipped roof. Brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Rear elevation of main range has C19 and C20 casements under wood lintels and eyebrow dormers. Semi-circular bread oven projection to right of No.17 (Middle Cottage). C19 one window range attached to rear of No.16, and abutting the road, has C20 concr te roof. Single-storey range, attached, now forms part of house, with garage, and has a Colleyweston slate roof. Interior; No.17 (Middle Cottage) has 2 open fireplaces with bressumers and stop-chamfered spine beams. Interiors of Nos.16 and 18 not inspected. Single-storey range abutting road said to have been the forge. Probably converted to several farmworkers dwellings during C19. Included for group value.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/140 (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.150 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Tansor (Photographs). SNN113271.

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Apr 27 2022 12:15PM