Building record 1168/11/1 - No. 6 Leckhamstead Road (Elm Bank)

Cottage. Dated 1707 with C19 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, thatch roof, brick ridge and end stack.

{1} Cottage. Dated 1707 with C19 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, thatch roof, brick ridge and end stack. 2-storey, 2-window range. Two-unit lobby-entry plan. C20 door just left of centre with wood lintel in C20 gabled porch. Sundial above door and within porch with inscription to face: Memorandum/those 4 Elms was/planted on this hill/in Feb. 1709 by RW AC and RB. 3-light casement window to ground floor left, 2-light casement to ground floor right, and similar window to ground floor far right, all with wood lintels. 2-light casements to 1st floor in eyebrow dormers. Left end stack has datestone to base inscribed 17 W O7/RA. Interior has chamfered spine beams and blocked inglenook with C19 cast-iron range.

{3}Analysis, plan & photographs. Three-bay stone cottage with a thatched roof. The third bay is an addition to an earlier two-cell single storey structure.

{4} Undated photo, also photo dated 11.11.1993;

{6} Four photos, one undated, one dated 28th October 1994, two dated 1st February 1995;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/139 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F11 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> de Broise A., 2005, The Whittlewood Project: Historic Buildings Survey, Wicken (Report). SNN105037.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Wicken (Photographs). SNN114205.

<5> Woodfield, P, 2003, The Whittlewood Project: Phase 1 rapid survey of all buildings within the 12 parishes of the survey, identifying buildings that have, or are likely to have, fabric dating from before 1700 (Report). SNN116636.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Wicken (Photographs). SNN114205.

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Jun 18 2025 2:20PM