Building record 770/0/3 - Foxley Farmhouse

Farmhouse. C17, with C18 and C19 alterations. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roofs, stone and brick end stacks, blue brick ridge stack. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic. Main front, facing garden, has 6-panel double-leaf door to right of centre, in moulded wood surround with overlight, timber lintel and open timber porch. One-light window to right of door, a 3-light casement to left and 2-light casement to first floor, all with timber lintels. Projecting wing to right has one-light window near inne . ber lintel and has 3-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion windows to ground and first floor, the former with hood mould. This wing has been partly rebuilt and has C19 roof-line with shallower pitch. Main range has chamfered plinth, quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Right end stack has pair of stone chimneys. Interior has ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/39 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Blakesley (Photographs). SNN112037.

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Oct 12 2020 3:48PM