Building record 6269/1/1 - Bugbrooke Downes House (Formerly Lower Downs Farmhouse)

Farmhouse. Mid/late C18, altered C19. Coursed squared ironstone, corrugated iron roof replacing thatch, brick end stacks.

{1} Farmhouse. Mid/late C18, altered C19. Coursed squared ironstone, corrugated iron roof replacing thatch, brick end stacks. 2-unit central-staircase plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central part-glazed plank door with wood lintel. 3-light casement windows to ground and first floors left and right, 2-light casement above door, all with wood lintels. Quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Single-storey brick extension to left. Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams and stop-chamfered joists. Open fireplace blocked by cast-iron range of c.1900.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/1 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F09 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Bugbrooke (Photographs). SNN112151.

Record last edited

Jul 5 2023 3:04PM