Building record MLI42775 - Bede Cottages, Addlethorpe
Summary
A late 17th century farmhouse. Converted into an almshouse in 1710, by Samuel Mottram of Addlethorpe Hall.
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Full Description
Originally a late 17th century farmhouse with axial stack and thatched roof. The building was converted into two adjoining cottages in 1710, when Samuel Mottram of Addlethorpe Hall founded a charity for widows of the parish. {1}
A residence for two poor people with half an acre of land attached for their use and and two chaldrons of coal. Recipients received sacrament in the parish church at Ingoldmells. The house is colour-washed red brick with a pantile roof and 20th century gabled porches. {2}
A pair of single-storey, red brick cottages, with brick coped tumbled gables, an axial brick stack and a corrugated tin roof over original thatch. The interior retains a clasped purloin roof. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {3}
A building survey was conducted in March 2014, prior to proposed alterations and extensions to the cottages. The main building is a one and half storey former farmhouse of 17th century date, although this has been much altered. It was built of lime-washed red brick, laid in an irregular bond, with a plinth wall and dentile brickwork to the north and south. The tin roof recorded in the original list description has been removed, and the original thatch roof appears to have been relatively recently repaired or replaced. The building features a centrally placed chimney stack, with 20th century ceramic chimney pots. Late 19th or 20th century butresses were added to the south, west and north elevations. Entrances to both cottages are located on the southern elevation, which allows access from the original access track to the south. A bricked up window lies between the doors; this was likely blocked during the buildings original conversion in 1710. Further blocked windows are located at both gables, with a pigeon hole also above the windows on the east gable. The cottages would have originally had a kitchen and sitting room to their ground floors, with ladders giving access to the first floor bedrooms. One of these ladders is still extant, although the other has been replaced by a likely 18th or 19th century staircase. The cottages shared a back to back fireplace, each fitted with a cast iron grate of likely 19th century date. Pantries were located to the south of both fireplaces. Likely 20th century wood panelling was present in both cottages, although some evidence of earlier panelling could be observed. Early or possibly original horse hair plaster could also be seen in places. Directly north of the cottages lies a small brick outbuilding (see PRN49105). {4}{5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.92.
- <2> SLI9009 Bibliographic Reference: Linda Crust. 2002. Lincolnshire Almshouses: Nine Centuries of Charitable Housing. p.27.
- <3> SLI9828 Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 6/8 (2.008).
- <4> SLI14827 Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2014. Bede Cottage, Orby Road, Addlethorpe. AAL site code: ABCO 14.
- <5> SLI14828 Archive: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2014. Bede Cottage, Orby Road, Addlethorpe. LCNCC 2014.44.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 54718 69158 (12m by 7m) Surveyed |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ADDLETHORPE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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