Building record 3434/0/3 - No.55 Bedford Road (Elizabeth Cottage)

{1} House. Dated 1601, altered C19 and C20. Coursed squared limestone, banded with ironstone and with ironstone dressings, pantile roof, stone end and ridge stacks. 3-unit cross-passage plan. 2 storeys and attic; 4-window range. C20 door to right of centre with wood lintel and relieving arch of alternate limestone and ironstone 3-light chamfered stone mullion windows to ground and 1st floors, those to ground floor with similar relieving arches and all with hood moulds. Gabled dormer window above window at centre with 2-light casement window, and moulded stone surround and hood mould. Chamfered plinth and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Re-cut datestone to dormer gable inscribed WR/1601. Interior has ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams and open fireplace with cambered chamfered bressumer. (Little Houghton Coronation Scrapbook, 1953.)

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/133 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Little Houghton (Photographs). SNN112603.

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Aug 4 2021 2:44PM