Listed Building: Home Farmhouse (9/99)

Farmhouse. Early/mid C17, late C17, C18 and C19. Squared coursed limestone with C20 plain tile roof. Originally 2-unit plan, now irregular cross-shape. 2 storeys. Elevation to High Street of 4 bays, with bay to left of centre breaking forward as a gabled wing. 2-window range, to right, of differing, unhorned, C19 sashes with glazing bars, under stone and wood lintels. 6 panel door, between windows, also under wood lintel. The bay to the right is C19. Gable end of projecting wing and bay to left are blank. Ashlar gable parapet to right. Stone and ashlar ridge and end stacks. Return wall of projecting wing, forming end bay of garden front, has C19 sash window under wood lintel, to first floor and C20 French door below. Central bay of garden front has 2- and 4-light, ovolo-moulded, stone mullion windows, to ground floor, and one similar, 2-light, window to first floor. Range to left is late C17 with lower eaves and 4 eaves dormers, probably C20. Interior not inspected but noted as having remains of open fireplace in centre room. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p49)

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Dec 16 2021 4:11PM