Description

ASHBY ST.LEDGERS MAIN STREET
SP56NE (South side)
5/37 The Cottage

- II

House. 1912 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Lord Wimborne's agent. Coursed limestone
and ironstone rubble plinth, main walls pebbledashed brick, ironstone ashlar
dressings, tile roof, brick stacks. H-plan. 2 storeys, 5 bays, with projecting
gabled outer bays on entrance and garden front. 2 storey central porch with
hipped roof. Doorway with ironstone ashlar arch with large tapered jambs and
ribbed, studded plank door. All windows are two-light wood casements with tile
hoods except for similar 4-light windows to outer bay on first floor. Garden
side has 3 French windows to centre. A stone porch said to have been designed by
Lutyens for the side of the house had been taken down for restoration at tine of
this survey. Extension projecting forward from left side of entrance front, of
same build and materials as main house. Probably former stables, now garage. One
storey; 2 bays. Has battered buttresses to wall facing entrance to house and
garage doorway. Casement windows at the rear. Interior: fireplaces with stone
and oak bolection surrounds in two ground floor rooms. Open well staircase with
floors linked by continuous newel posts and turned balusters.
(Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p,93).

Listing NGR: SP5693667961

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26341411

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)