Building record 1244/9/1 - Old Dower House

House. Late C17 with C19 alterations and additions. Coursed squared limestone, plain-tile roof, brick end stacks, that to left on stone base.

{1} House. Late C17 with C19 alterations and additions. Coursed squared limestone, plain-tile roof, brick end stacks, that to left on stone base. 2-storey, 3-window range. 2-unit plan. C19 part-glazed panelled door to far right with pilastered wood surround and gabled porch. 12-pane sash windows to ground and 1st floors with ogee-stop-chamfered wood lintels some with additional bar stops. Stone-coped gables with kneelers. 2-storey, 1-window extension to left, 2-storey, 2-window extension to right, both probably C19. Interior has chamfered spine beams, some with bar stops.

{3} Site visited as part of a listed building consent application. Description generally as stated but with notable additional features. These include a gun cupboard with a rack for the barrels of four guns and 4 shot drawers underneath in rows of two. The drawers were labelled from left to right: ordinary shot, snipe shot and, underneath, diddled shot and duck shot. An unusual horizontal sliding sash was present at the rear and an ornate classically styled fireplace in the drawing room.

{6} The Old Dower House as formerly known as 'The Cottage' or 'Cosgrove Cottage'. It originated as a 17th century vernacular dwelling, now the kitchen, morning room and bedrooms above, but was more than doubled in size by the addition in the 18th century of the grander Georgian premises of what became the 'Dower House'. This was subsequently extended on numerous occasions and the wider estate took in outbuildings and darmland served by an adjacent cottage, the 'White House'. Many of the outbuildings survive. There is evidence for the former existence of other buildings which can be mapped.
Source includes map progression analysis and documentary information, as well as detailed phasing of the development of the property.

{7} Undated photo; and photo dated 29/10/93;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 16/9 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Ellison, M., 1999, The Old Dower House, Cosgrove, (checked) (Note). SNN108244.

<4> Ellison, M., 1999, The Old Dower House, Cosgrove, (checked) (Photographs). SNN51654.

<5> M.S. Associates, 1998, The Old Dower House, Cosgrove, (checked) (Plan). SNN57952.

<6> Soden, I. & Prentice, J., 2006, The Old Dower House, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire: Archaeological buildings recording and analysis, (checked) (Report). SNN108002.

<7> Various, Various, Photographs of buildings in Cosgrove (Photographs). SNN111598.

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Nov 15 2021 9:54AM