Description

YARWELL MAIN STREET
TL0797 (North side)
15/228 Sundial Cottage
23/05/67 (Formerly listed as Sundial
House)
GV II
Shown as Chareen on Ordnance Survey map.
House. C17 modified C19. Regular coursed limestone with ashlar banding and
dressings. Collyweston slate roof. 3-unit plan, with rear wing. Single storey
with attic. Main front of 4 bays, 3-window range. Centre 2 bays are ashlar, and
break forward separately. These projections were originally intended to continue
at roof level to form gabled eaves dormers; probably removed C19. Bay to right
of centre has C19 tripartite sash window set in and breaking through a moulded
stone surround, formerly a stone mullion window. Chamfered plinth below window
and moulded string course above. Similar tripartite sash window, to far right,
has moulded stone surround with cornice over. C19 casement window, to far left,
has similar surround with cornice over. Small single-light window, to left of
centre, has single-light C19 casement window, above, set under eaves. Bay to
left of centre has a 6-panelled door with a moulded stone surround and 4-centred
arch-head. Flanking single-light windows, with moulded stone surrounds, now
blocked. Chamfered plinth below and moulded stone cornice above. 3 hipped eaves
dormers with C19 casement windows. Ashlar gable parapets and ashlar ridge and
end stacks. Left gable has an inscribed sundial. Rear elevation has a projecting
wing, to left, with C19 casement windows and a C19 oven, with hipped roof, to
right. Fragments of chamfered masonry reset to centre of range. Interior not
inspected but noted as having ogee moulded spine beam in centre room with a chip
carved rosette in the soffitt. Plank door with moulded battens and original
hinges.
(RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p174)

Listing NGR: TL0705297811

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26519933

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability