Building record 6002/1/7 - Cow House and Hog Sty

{1} There is now no trace of the hog sty, set at an angle and attached to the east-end of the cow house on the c.1770 plan. It appears to have had two doors opening into the yard where there would have been some sort of fenced-off pen. Of the cow house, the two storey, coursed limestone rear-wall still survives but windows and doors with brick arches were introduced in the 19th century when it became the stables. A labourer’s cottage was built against its east-gable and the frontage of the combined building was refaced in brick. This cottage became known as Mrs. Burman’s Cottage after its last occupier. It had been built by the time of the 1851 census, occupied by a Thomas Gadsden, who was living there in 1861 and 1871 but only occupied by his widow in 1881. It was unoccupied at the 1891 and 1901 censuses. Mrs. Burman lived there from 1930 until the 1980s when she died aged 97, after which it has remained empty.

<1> Conlon R., 2005, Hunsbury Hill Centre, Northampton: Historical Report, (checked) (Report). SNN105421.

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Nov 3 2010 3:10PM