Building record 1616/1/2 - Stoke Gap Lodge Farm, farm buildings enclosing 3 sides to rear of farmhouse

Stoke Gap Lodge Farm, Stoke Bruerne. Model farm c. 1840 part of Lord Grafton's (4th) estate.Model farms were architect-designed farmsteads inspired by the ideals of Enlightenment that combined utility with architectural beauty.

Range of farm buildings, including granary and barn. c.1840. Coursed squared limestone, hipped slate roofs. U plan. 3-bay, 1-storey-and-loft granary at end of left return wing has 5-bay cart-standing open on posts to yard; wall above standing of red brick. Barn with double opposed doors at inner end of right return wing. Other ranges single-storey with long shelter shed range facing house open to yard on segmental-arched brick arcading. Part of a model farm complex.

{3} Two undated photos;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/152 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Stoke Bruerne (Photographs). SNN113273.

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Feb 23 2024 12:30PM