Description

TF 60 NE
5/14

FINCHAM
HIGH STREET (north side)
Nelson House, Pump Cottage, Nelson Cottage

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II

3 houses in L shaped block. c.1600. Timber framed, replaced by brick in C18. West wall of carstone with Barnack quoins. Pantiled roofs. West wall of south range with one 3-light diamond mullion window within sunk quadrant surround. South range of 2 storeys with central panelled door. One 3-light casement left and right under segmental arches. 3 flat-headed casements to first floor. Gabled roof with rebuilt multiple flued diamond stacks.
East range of 2 storeys and dormer attic. 2 doorways and 8 windows of scattered disposition and type, but including 4 C17 leaded casements. 4 flat dormers in gabled roof, hipped to south. Rebuilt ridge stack and wall stack.
Interior of eastern part (Nelson House) retains winder staircase, bridging beams with ogee stops. One pair jointed crucks survive at first floor. Roof now early C18 with one tier staggered and one tier butt purlins.

Listing NGR: TF6848406377

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26626345

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas