Building record 234/3/1 - Abbey Lodge

15th century house which was altered during the late 16th century (1581 datestone). 16th to 17th century wings located at the rear. The west wing contains kitchens and stables while the east wing is a barn and loft.

{1} House. C15, altered late C16. Datestone 1581. Uncoursed limestone rubble, partly rendered. Slate roof, brick and stone stacks. Irregular U-plan with through passage and hall to right of entrance. Projecting wings to left and right at rear. 2 storeys and attic. 3 bay south front, east bay (to right) projects slightly under gable. Doorway in second bay from left has moulded stone 4 centred arch with square hood and C16-C17 plank door. 3 light C18- C19 window to left with wood lintel, wood mullions and iron casements, 2 similar windows to right. Window on first floor right of entrance is C17 with wood lintel and 3 light casements with moulded wooden mullions. Remaining first floor windows are C18-C19 casements. Datestone above doorway MC/1581 is Victorian but said to replace the original stone. Interior: Remodelled late C16 when a floor was inserted in open hall, a chimney built backing to the cross passage, and on the north side a newel stair to new upper chamber. Cross passage has rear doorway with plain stone 4 centred arch, similar doorway to hall. Late C16 hall fireplace has stone 4 centred arch, moulded entablature with lozenge decoration on frieze and jambs. Hall ceiling has stop chamfered joists and girders with a re-used C15 moulded wooden corbel. Small trefoil- headed window lighting staircase C15 probably not in situ. Roof structure C15. Central open truss of hall has arched braced collars, strutted to second collar above. Roof timbers of hall are soot encrusted indicating former open hearth. At rear are 2 C16-C17 wings running north forming a 3 sided courtyard. The west wing contains the present kitchen and stables with stone mullioned windows. The east wing is a barn and loft with brick pigeon holes, and floor with stop chamfered joists and girders. (Paul Woodfield, The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire; Northamptonshire Archaeology, 16, 1981, pp. 169-70, Plan and Elevation).

{3} C15th and late C16th house.

{4} Abbey Lodge, located in the north of the village. This building originally comprised a hall with an open hearth and cross wing. Towards the end of the 16th c the hall was floored over and the cross wing subdivided to provide a parlour, dairy and a pantry. This house has clearly been defined as the manor of Farthinghoe.

{5} The manor house west of the church is "a large old building, but greatly out of repair". [This may refer to Abbey Lodge.]

{6} The house immediately west of the church, Abbey Lodge, is usually called the Manor House, although the farmhouse to the north-west is said locally to be the original one. Plan.

{7} House, C15 and late C16th. Gateway is Listed Grade II. The East wing and attached barn in poor condition with installed temporary supports to gable walls and roof.

{8} Detailed analysis of building including photographs and plans.

{10} Two undated photos, also photo dated May 1983, also three photos of the barn at Abbey Lodge dated May 1979;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/89 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F01 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> 1998, Buildings At Risk Survey, p.48 (checked) (Report). SNN43352.

<4> Woodfield P., 1981, The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire, p.169-70 (unchecked) (Article). SNN23550.

<5> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.167 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77325.

<6> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.56 site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<7> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2008, Heritage at Risk Register, 2008, p.39 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN106096.

<8> Yeates, S, 2017, Abbey Lodge, Farthinghoe, Northants: Historic Building Assessment and Archaeological Watching Brief, 2017 (Report). SNN111095.

<9> Crank, N. (Editor), 2018, South Midlands Archaeology (48), p. 60 (Journal). SNN111393.

<10> Photographs of buildings in Farthinghoe (Photographs). SNN111720.

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