Building record MLI83433 - Old Church Cottage, Harmston Road

Summary

Old Church Cottage, Harmston Road, is a sixteenth century timber-framed building with a thatched roof.

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Full Description

62583 Old Church Cottage is a sixteenth century timber-framed building with plaster infill on a brick plinth, and a thatched roof. It also has coursed rubble gable ends and two brick gable stacks. It has one and a half storeys. 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. {1} In 2012, monitoring and recording of test pits around Old Church Cottage revealed a sequence of former topsoils which were formed after the construction of the cottage. The date of these topsoils was, in fact, later than the supposed date of the cottage. In addition, limestone blocks used in the foundation of the original cottage were evident in two of the pits, and were embedded into a former topsoil of seventeenth- to eighteenth-century date. This suggests that the sixteenth-century date for the construction of the cottage is perhaps an error. Alternatively, it may indicate that the cottage had been rebuilt at its present location, in the eighteenth century, re-using the same material and in its original style. Any future building recording of the cottage might help to clarify its development. {2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 021.010; 7/10.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2012. Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Old Church Cottage, Harmston Road, Aubourn. AOCC12.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2012. Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Old Church Cottage, Harmston Road, Aubourn. LCNCC 2012.159.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 92732 62748 (18m by 12m)
Civil Parish AUBOURN HADDINGTON AND SOUTH HYKEHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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