Byrony Cottage, now number 21 Main Street, was a late 17th early century thatched single building with an attic. It sits behind a picket fence onto Main Street and was divided into two separate cottages. Adjoining them was a thatched barn.

It is believed that the following people occupied the cottages (all dates are approximate):

The property was part of Spinney Farm, which was owned by the Spademan Family and it is known to have been left unoccupied for many years.  There is evidence to show that one of the cottages had been occupied by a Gamekeeper as disused cartridges and shells were found in the garden by Cyril Moisey during his renovation work.

A member of the Spademan family recalls that the bottom floor of the barn was a grinding shed with a hand turned grinding machine where the corn was ground ready to be fed to the animals, and the upper floor was a ‘hayloft’ where animal fodder was kept.

Whilst the properties were empty, sheep were kept in both the houses and gardens.  At some point in time the thatch was removed and replaced with a Collyweston slate roof and the barn was turned into a garage, workshop and store.

 Rosemary Spademan and Cyril Moisey were married in 1969 and were the owners who carried out the main conversion of the property into one house.

The photograph shows part of the original barn and Harry Spademan and his daughter, Rosemary, on his bicycle in front of the “picket fence” of the cottages (approximately 1952/53).

The aerial photograph shows the red pantile building, which runs north to south at the back of the  cottages, is the old cattle shed which housed Hereford Cattle.

It is believed that the property was Listed in 1988 and was then referred to as “single storey with attic, 4 window range of casements under wooden lintels, and 4 hipped eave dormers with chimney stacks at either end”.

2025