The Cottage
THE COTTAGE, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1265934
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1985
- Statutory Address:
- THE COTTAGE, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1265934
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1985
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COTTAGE, MAIN STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE COTTAGE, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Newbottle
- National Grid Reference:
- SP5280135884
Details
SP53NW NEWBOTTLE MAIN STREET
(East side)
Charlton
5/162 The Cottage
GV II
House, former farmhouse. C18. Remodelled 1912 by Alan James for F.E. Smith
first Earl of Birkenhead. Coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, ironstone
dressings, slate roof, brick stacks. Revived late C17 style. 2 storeys and
attic, 11 bays. 3-bay centre piece framed by giant pilasters, central doorway
(now window) with stone segmental pediemnt. 2-light wood mullioned and
transomed windows in plain stone frames. Bronze plaque dated 1912 above
doorway and bronze cherub in niche. Stone plaques on either side with intials,
F.E.S. and M.E.S. Deeply moulded entablature, steeply pitched roof with large
flanking stacks. Dormers with flat lead roofs. All window have leaded panes.
Flanking wings of unequal height. Left wing, 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays, has
2-light wood mullioned and transomed windows in stone frames on ground floor
and casement windows with wood lintels above. Dormers similar to central
block. Right wing, 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays. Doorway second bay from
left, c.1950 has door with 2 fielded panels. Porch with stone Tuscan
columns, and wooden open segmental pediment. 2-light wood mullioned and
transomed windows with wood lintels on both floors. Rear elevation with 3
gables. Interior not inspected.
(Buildings of England : Northamptonshire, p.146).
Listing NGR: SP5280135884
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 423265
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1961), 146
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