Building record 826/2/1 - Dovecote Farmhouse & Attached Granary

Farmhouse. C17 altered mid C18 and late C19. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, brick end stacks

{1} Farmhouse. C17 altered mid C18 and late C19. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, brick end stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic. 4-window range. Main front faces garden and has door in re-entrant angle with moulded Tudor-arched stone surround with cut spandrels. Main range to left has 2-light casement windows to ground and 1st floors with moulded stone sills and flat-arched heads: 1-light window above door with similar sill and head. Sun fire insurance plaque above middle 1st floor window. Projecting wing has 3-light casement windows to ground and 1st floors replacing pairs of windows similar to those of main range. 1-light ground floor window to right with stone sill and flat-arched head. Gable end of this wing has pair of 1-light attic windows with moulded stone surrounds and hood moulds. Chamfered plinths, quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Attached granary to right of projecting wing is of coursed limestone rubble with corrugated asbestos roof. Stone-coped gable with kneelers to far right end, and 9 stone steps leading to plank loft door with chamfered wood surround and wood lintel. Interior of house has diamond stop-chamfered spine beams and open fireplace with diamond-stop-chamfered cambered bressumer. Another open fireplace with chamfered stone jambs.

{3} Undated photo, also photo of granary dated 09.12.1993, also two photos dated 09.12.1993 which show the farmhouse and the stable;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/190 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Upper Heyford (Photographs). SNN113621.

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Jun 22 2022 12:44PM