Building record 4063/1/1 - Woodleys Farmhouse

House, formerly farmhouse and inn. Mid-late C17, extended C18, with C19 and C20 alterations. Formerly a public house, the New Inn.

{1} House, formerly farmhouse and inn. Mid-late C17, extended C18, with C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, plain-tile roof, stone end and ridge stacks, except for brick ridge stack to right of centre. T plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. 6-panel door to right of centre, 4-panel door to left of centre, both with wood lintels, the latter with overlight and straight hood on brackets. This door is flanked by large tripartite sash windows with wood lintels. Blocked window or door to ground floor centre, flanked by 9-pane sashes, C20 casement window to ground floor far right, pair of 12-pane sashes to 1st floor, all with wood lintels, and 2-light gabled half-dormer window to 1st floor right of centre with chamfered stone surround. Projecting wing to rear has 3-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows with hood moulds and stone-coped gable with kneelers. Interior has bar-stop-chamfered spine beams and moulded stop-chamfered spine beam. Formerly a public house, the New Inn.

{3} Building shown and labelled as 'New Inn'.

{4} Still marked as 'New Inn' in 1827.

{5} Wood Leys Farm by the 1880s.

{6} Two undated photos, also photo dated 11.01.1994;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/120 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (checked) (Map). SNN1852.

<4> Bryant A., 1827, Map of The County of Northampton, (checked) (Map). SNN2733.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 Inch Mapping Series (52.13), (part checked) (Map). SNN107126.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Roade (Photographs). SNN113060.

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Mar 25 2025 10:54AM