Building record MLI91212 - Toll House Cottage, Bourne Road, Folkingham

Summary

Toll House Cottage, Bourne Road, Folkingham.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Former Type) ? (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1775 AD to 1950 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1775 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

Late 18th century colourwashed brick toll house, now a cottage. 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} Millfield Farm, Folkingham. Partially extant 19th century farmstead. Row. The farmhouse is detached from the main working complex. There has been a partial loss (less than 50%) of traditional buildings. Isolated location. Large modern sheds are located to the side of the site. {2} A small cottage built in the late 18th century that retains its original plan form. The interior retains numerous fixtures and fittings, including fireplaces and plank and batten doors, which are late Georgian. Despite the name of Toll House Cottage, it is unlikely that it was originally a toll house. The building is known locally as Mill Cottage and a post mill formerly stood nearby to the south. The earliest phase of the building is probably the single-storey east side comprising a four-room dwelling which was then extended on the west side to provide a kitchen and scullery and two attic bedrooms. The cottage is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1888 with a small extension on the south-west corner. The Ordnance Survey map of 1905 shows that this had been extended on the south side. Both extensions have since been removed. The building has been unoccupied for about ten years and is in a bad state of disrepair (2016). The cottage is red brick, with brick chimney stacks and a pantile roof covering. The cottage has a rectangular plan. The east side of the cottage contains four rooms, one occupying each corner, with a straight flight of stairs between the back two rooms. The west side, which was probably added slightly later, contains the former kitchen and scullery with two attic rooms above. There are numerous plank and batten doors with strap hinges and latches. In some rooms, where the ceiling plaster has fallen away, lath and plaster is exposed. The reception room in the north-east corner has an ornate, arched, cast-iron fireplace in a plain timber surround. The room in the south-east corner has red and black quarry floor tiles, and a corner fireplace with a plain timber surround and a hobgrate embellished with a raised, Adamesque pattern of urns. The floor of the room in the north-west corner is laid in red tiles. The kitchen retains a chamfered and stopped bridging beam. In the scullery, there is a plank and batten door at first-floor level which was probably originally reached by a ladder to provide access to the attic. The two attic rooms retain floorboards and the larger room on the north side has a hobgrate. For the full description of this listed building please refer to the National Heritage List for England. {3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/60.
  •  Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2015. English Heritage Farmsteads Project. 7089.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1360145.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 07506 33041 (14m by 14m) Surveyed
Civil Parish FOLKINGHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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