Building record 2888/0/82 - Smithy Cottage and No. 3, Mill Street

A row of three early 19th century houses that were extended during 1827 are situated on the northern side of Mill Street. The buildings are constructed of coursed rubble with a shared double pitch slate roof with chimney stacks on the gable ends and on the roof ridge. The houses are single and two story with the house to the west (Number 3) having an attic range lit by two gabled eaves dormer windows. The main facade faces south on to Mill street and has a blocked cart entrance to the far left with a door and two blocked windows to its right. The right of the main front (Smithy Cottage) has a four window range of casements to the first floor above a central door flanked by three light sash windows. An inscribed panel to the rear has RT/IN/1827 that seems to be the date of the extension.

{1,2,3} Two smaller buildings depicted on 18th and early 19th century maps in this location;

{4} Two early 19th-century class 4a houses, the west of one storey and attics and the east of two storeys. A rear wing with datestone inscirbed 'RT IN 1827' perhaps for John Newton who the house in 1848 (Burghley Estate Office, map 17), is shared between them.

{5} A row of three early 19th century houses that were extended during 1827. The buildings are constructed of coursed rubble with a shared double pitch slate roof with chimney stacks on the gable ends and on the roof ridge. The houses are single and two story with the house to the west (Number 3) having an attic range lit by two gabled eaves dormer windows. The main facade faces south on to Mill street and has a blocked cart entrance to the far left with a door and two blocked windows to its right. The right of the main front (Smithy Cottage) has a four window range of casements to the first floor above a central door flanked by three light sash windows. An inscribed panel to the rear has RT/IN/1827 that seems to be the date of the extension.

Historic England, Undated, HOUSE MILL STREET, DUDDINGTON WITH FINESHADE, BF084614 (Archive). SNN114495.

<1> 1775, Duddington Enclosure Map (NRO 2857), (unchecked) (Map). SNN102479.

<2> 1798, Duddington Map (NRO 3633), (unchecked) (Map). SNN102480.

<3> 1815, Duddington NRO J(D) 603, (unchecked) (Map). SNN102481.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 47/site 5 (Series). SNN77384.

<5> Historic England, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments- Building File (Oral Report). SNN71057.

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Feb 17 2025 7:06PM