Building record 111/0/36 - Pear Tree Cottage, Shotley

A 17th century house with a 19th century extension is located on the eastern side of the road in Shotley, east of Harringworth. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with a double pitch thatch roof with two brick chimney stacks ether side of the centre bay. The entrance facade has an irregular range of casement windows to both floors with a wagon entrance to the left side and a flat roofed entrance porch to the far right. The northern end was rebuilt during the mid 20th century.

{1} Pear Tree Cottage, two storeys, thatched roof, consists of a long range, of which the north end has been recently rebuilt. The central room with a first-floor ovolo-moulded single-light window is 17th-century. The south room is early 19th century.

{2} A 17th century house with a 19th century extension. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with a double pitch thatch roof with two brick chimney stacks ether side of the centre bay. The entrance facade has an irregular range of casement windows to both floors with a wagon entrance to the left side and a flat roofed entrance porch to the far right. The northern end was rebuilt during the mid 20th century.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 87/site 30 (Series). SNN77384.

<2> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Building File (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<3> Historic England, PEAR TREE COTTAGE, HARRINGWORTH, BF084547 (Archive). SNN115342.

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Feb 17 2025 7:03PM