ENN110399 - Drayton Lodge Farm, 2021 (Building recording)

Drayton Lodge Farm occupies an isolated site on the south-western boundary of the town of Daventry in the East Midlands, centred on NGR SP 55710 61935. The main farmstead comprises a series of buildings occupying a (modified) full, regular courtyard plan, arranged around a central foldyard, with later elements extending to partially occupy the central yard area. The farm reasonably originated in the mid- to late-18th century as an 'outfarm' established within the former open fields of Drayton parish, enclosed in 1754, being more formally established in the early years of the 19th century. Three principal structures of early date survive, viz. the main farmhouse, of two principal phases, and an adjacent two-storey outbuilding to the south thereof, with a former shelter shed to the south side of the yard, though the remaining traditional ranges have been largely remodelled or entirely replaced with modern structures of no architectural merit or heritage interest. In the context of the consented redevelopment, the study allowed for a full record of the buildings to be made to a level commensurate with a hybrid 'Level 1/2' standard as defined by Historic England.