Building record 2203/0/4 - Pole Cottage

An 18th century cottage.

{1} House. Early/mid C18. Squared coursed limestone with thatch roof. Originally 3-unit plan. 2 storeys. 3-window range of C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars, under wood lintels. Window to first floor right is a leaded casement and window to first floor centre has a shallow eyebrow dormer over. C20 door, with hood, to left of centre. Ashlar ridge and end stacks, with moulded cornices. Single-storey outbuilding attached to left, in similar style, now forms part of main house. Rear elevation is similar. Interior not inspected, but noted as having open fireplace with bressumer. Originally probably with lobby entry from rear.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/113 (checked) (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.137 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Polebrook (Photographs). SNN113566.

<5> Historic England, POLE COTTAGE, POLEBROOK, BF084437 (Archive). SNN114970.

Record last edited

Apr 3 2023 3:26PM