Thingdon Cottage and Attached Wall is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1970. House.
Thingdon Cottage and Attached Wall
- WRENN ID
- small-sandstone-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thingdon Cottage and Attached Wall, Stocks Hill, Finedon
- OS grid reference
- SP 913 719
- Coordinates
- 52.3376, -0.66068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thingdon Cottage is a house dating from 1862, likely designed by E.F. Law for William Mackworth-Dolben. It is constructed from ironstone ashlar and features a slate and pantile roof, with an L-shaped plan and two storeys. The elevation facing Stocks Hill has a two-window range and a cross wing to the right. The door opening on the left has been converted into a two-light stone-mullion window. To the right on the first floor, there is a four-light stone-mullion window that displays coats of arms at its head, all framed by a stepped drip mould and set in an arched recess. The gable parapets are made of ashlar and have kneelers, with corniced store stacks at each end. The left side of the building has an inscription reading "Thingdon Cottage" and features a trefoil with a central V inscribed on the gable.
To the left, there is a single-storey section with a three-window range, which includes one two-light stone-mullion window and a two-stage buttress. The right elevation mirrors this style, displaying two- and three-light stone-mullion windows, with a small gable above the first-floor window. The rear elevation maintains a similar style, featuring arch-headed openings at the ground floor and two- and three-light stone-mullion windows. The first-floor windows are topped with gables, and the first floor of the cross wing has a corbelled gable end. There is a double niche on the return wall of the cross wing, supported by a detached central column. Various coats of arms and carved heads serve as label stops. The interior was not inspected. Attached to the north side of the cottage is a 19th-century ironstone wall that has part ashlar coping and one square pier.
Local climate
Thingdon Cottage and Attached Wall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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