Building record 6132/0/19 - Middleton House

A 17th/18th century farmhouse refronted in 1801. Brick façade, coursed limestone rubble at rear and sides, slate roof, brick stacks

{1} House. C17/C18. Refronted 1801 (Datestone). Brick façade, coursed limestone rubble at rear and sides, slate roof, brick stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Doorway second bay from right has wood frame with fluted Doric pilasters, straight entablature and panelled reveals. 6-panel door with overlight. All windows have straight rendered lintels and 2-light casements with wood mullions and transoms. Datestone in left bay, first floor 1638 / GIF / 1801 /I.W. Lower extension to left is part stone, part brick. One bay, 2 storey. Doorway with rendered lintel and 6-panel door with overlight (Said to have been moved c.1900 from left side facing street). Extension to right C20. Interior: Remodelled early C19 with open well staircase of this date having tread ends carved with scrolls and curved hand rail. Ground floor room with C18/C19 wooden panelling and frieze carved with grape vine. Doorcases with fluted pilasters and panelled doors.

{4} A level 2 Building recording survey was carried out in December 2018. 17th/18th century farmhouse much extended in the early 19th and late 20th centuries. Original core lies to the west, adjacent the roadside. Later part-demolished and extended to east with single pile classically styled range, brick to front and coursed limestone rubble to rear, slate roof and brick stacks. Date stone mounted in 1801 extension reads ‘1638 / GIF / 1801 /I.W’. Later modern rebuild and/or extensions include mid- 20th century single storey Gothick range to the east, replacing earlier glasshouse/conservatory, and late 20th century buff brick built two-storey office block to rear. Stone range to rear also partially rebuilt and extended mid to late 20th century.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/186 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL, 2012, South Northamptonshire Council Survey of Significant Historic Buildings, (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN108984.

<4> Locus Consulting, 2019, Middleton House, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Recording (Report). SNN111745.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Middleton Cheney (Photographs). SNN112889.

Record last edited

Jan 26 2022 12:27PM