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A white cottage with a thatched roof, brick chimney, and three lattice windows behind a low wooden fence in a grassy yard.

Cottage on the Green Foxton (RGL2026)

Cottage on the Green, 4, The Green, Foxton

History of the Cottage on the Green

Listed Building

Cottage. Possibly an open hall built 1501 for Richard Peppercorn, with floor and stack inserted into hall and front wall repaired 1583.


A white, thatched-roof cottage stands behind a wooden picket fence on a quiet street with other houses visible in the distance.

Cottage on the Green, Foxton (RGL2026)

This was the home of teacher and author, Rowland Parker. His two books, ‘The Common Stream’ and ‘Town and Gown’, were very popular publications that appeared in print at about the same time.

Selected papers held by the Cambridgeshire Archives abut the publication ‘Town and Gown’ and ‘The Common Stream’ can be found here:

Town and Gown by Rowland Parker

Selected documents about The Common Stream by Rowland Parker

A newspaper clipping showing an older man leaning on a fence in front of a thatched cottage with text arranged in columns.

Rowland Parker, Central School archives

A pen-and-ink drawing of a thatched cottage printed in a newspaper obituary for historian Rowland Parker.

Rowland Parker, Central School archives

 

 

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