Description

CHESTERTON AND KINGSTON
SP35NE
5/49 Nos.1, 2 and 3 Humblebee
22/06/81 Cottages

GV II

Row of 3 cottages. Said to be mid C16 barn converted to cottages mid C17.
Refaced and altered late C18. Timber framed; refaced and partly rebuilt in
Flemish bond red brick with flared headers. Old tile roof; brick ridge and right
end stack. Each is one-unit plan. 2 storeys; 6-window range. No.3 on right has
plank door with painted wood lintel. 2-light casements, mostly leaded; some
fragmentary or missing. Ground floor windows have brick segmental arches. Left
return side of No.1 has doorway on each floor. To rear: plank doors and one and
2-light casements to ground floor only. Interior: Nos.I and 2 have open
fireplaces with C19 cast iron ranges; No.2 has bread oven. Stud partitions. No.2
has ogee-stop chamfered ceiling beam and 2 jowled posts. Straight flight winder
stairs. Wide floorboards. Trenched purlin roof has tie beams cut through. Said
to have originally been the stables of Chesterton House, demolished in 1802.

Listing NGR: SP3565058666

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26646465

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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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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings