Building record 1223/0/9 - No. 6 Church End (Formerly The Bluebell Public House)

Cottage. C18 with C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, whitewashed, corrugated iron roof over thatch, brick end stacks.

{1} Cottage. C18 with C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, whitewashed, corrugated iron roof over thatch, brick end stacks. 2-storey, 2-window range. 2-unit plan. Central 4-panel door with wood lintel and gabled hood on brackets. 2-light C20 casement windows to ground and 1st floors with wood lintels. Single-storey extension to right. Interior not inspected. Formerly a public house, the Blue Bell.

{3} Analysis, plan and section, photographs. Three phases of building can be identified, beginning in the late 15th or early 16th century with a two-bay, two-storey timber-framed house. Smoke-blackened roof timbers survive from this house. Map evidence indicates that by 1727 {4}, another bay had been built to the south, and finally in the 19th century a non-domestic bay was added. It was known as the Blue Bell Inn from 1727 until at least 1917 when it was converted to a private dwelling.

{5} Undated photo, also photo dated 29.10.1993;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 15/93 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Conlon R., 2005, The Whittlewood Project: Historic Buildings Survey, Potterspury with Furtho (Report). SNN105034.

<4> Collier; Adams, c1727, Map of Potterspury (Map). SNN20527.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Potterspury (Photographs). SNN112957.

<6> 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.

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Oct 23 2024 4:25PM