Description

SHOTTESBROOKE BOTTLE LANE
SU 87 NW
(east side)
8/41 Folly Cottage

II

House. Mid-late C18 with later addition and c1970 additions and alterations. Red
brick, part rendered; tile roof. 2 storeys. 3 cells, right-hand one being C20 addition,
with earlier added cell to rear left. Entrance front: near-central gabled C20
porch. C20 small-pane casement windows of 2 and 3 lights, some under early segmental
arches, others inserted. Ridge stack between left-hand cells. Left return front:
principal feature of the building is this gable, which has tall pointed-arched recess
with 3 light window as before, embattled gable, and projecting corner pilasters
treated as turrets and having triple slit vents below projecting, embattled caps. Set
back on left is rendered addition with C20 window to each floor, and hipped roof. Built
as an eye-catcher, probably for the Shottesbrooke Park (qv) estate.

Listing NGR: SU8334278840

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570479

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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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) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)