Building record 491/0/10 - The Cottage

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Summary

House. Built 1857 for Mrs. Elizabeth Key and her daughter. White brick, coursed squared ironstone to left side elevation, plain tile roofs, brick ridge stacks.

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Full Description

House. Built 1857 for Mrs. Elizabeth Key and her daughter. White brick, coursed squared ironstone to left side elevation, plain tile roofs, brick ridge stacks. 2-storey, 3-window range. The centre is recessed between two wide bays and has Jacobean style shaped gable and part-glazed door in porch with stone coped gable. Tudor-arched chamfered brick doorway with hood moulds; first floor window above with Gothick sash window to hood mould. Bays either side have bargeboards and finials, a canted b :> eft with similar sashes and battlemented parapet, a timber conservatory of c.1870 to right with pointed arched lights, spandrels filled with coloured glass and matching bargeboards, and double Gothick sash windows to first floor left and right with hood moulds. Interior has staircase hall with staircase at far end lit by tall window with 4-centred head and coloured glass. Open-well staircase with chamfered stick balusters, carved tread ends and ramped and wreathed mahogony ha il.

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<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 15/143 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Newnham (Photographs). SNN112905.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Digital archive: Clews Architects. 1980s. Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire. h:heritage\smr\historic buildings database. historic.mdb. Clews Architects. 15/143.
  • <2> Catalogue: List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"). Daventry District. Dept. of Environment. F06 (unchecked).
  • <3> Photographs: Photographs of buildings in Newnham.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 58045 59685 (16m by 15m) Approximate
Civil Parish NEWNHAM, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Record last edited

Feb 2 2022 2:15PM

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