Building record 1464/2/1 - Top Farmhouse, Caldecote

Farmhouse. Late C17 with C19 alterations. Coursed squared limestone, slate roof, brick end and ridge stacks.

{1} Farmhouse. Late C17 with C19 alterations. Coursed squared limestone, slate roof, brick end and ridge stacks. 3-unit through-passage plan. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. 4-panel part-glazed double-leaf door in C20 gabled porch to left of centre. Similar door to right of centre in C19 trellis porch. 3-light casement windows to ground and first floors with stop-chamfered wood lintels and H and HL hinges, except for small 2-light to ground floor far right with rendered lintel. Stone-coped gables. Interior has ogee-stop-chamfered lintels and C19 marble chimneypieces.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 3/120 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Towcester (Photographs). SNN114425.

Record last edited

Jan 4 2023 2:02PM