Building record 4156/0/22 - No.18 Main Street

House. Early C18th. Regular coursed limestone and ironstone with thatch roof. Two smoke-blackened cruck trusses.

{1} House. Early C18th. Regular coursed limestone and ironstone with thatch roof. Originally 2-unit plan. Single storey with attic. 3-window range of C19 casements under wood lintels. Similar casement to attic under eyebrow dormer to right. Plank door to left of centre under C20 hood. Brick stacks at ends. C20 brick single-storey extension to left. Interior not inspected.

{2} House. Early 18th century. Originally 2-unit plan. Single storey with attic. 3-window range. 20th century brick single-storey extension to left.

{4} The cottage has 2 bays of “smoke-blackened cruck trusses, elbowed, of quite good quality with big yokes to the apex, and a square-set ridge. Set between the cruck blades are rather crudely half-lapped collars, only 5in deep. The central truss between the cruck trusses has a scissors apex and some original ash pole rafters survive”, typically found in thatched roofs the curve assisting binding of the thatch to the roof.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/125 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1992, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K06 p.55 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46686.

<3> Hill, N, 2001, Rockingham Conservation Area- work undertaken by N Hill with Gotch, Saunders and Surridge (Notes). SNN112223.

<4> CORBY DISTRICT COUNCIL, 2009, Rockingham Village Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 25-6 (Policy Document). SNN106872.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Rockingham (Photographs). SNN113046.

Record last edited

Mar 2 2022 11:59AM