Building record 4872/1/1 - Pytchley Grange Farmhouse & Short Flanking Fences & Gates

{1} Farmhouse. 1768 and mid C19. Coursed and squared limestone with hipped slate roof. Chamfered plinth, first floor band, quoins. 2 grouped coped stone ridge stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Symmetrical south front has central C20 reeded doorcase and 5-panel door with C18 fanlight. On either side a mid C19 scrolled cast iron post. Above the door the first floor band is inscribed "Pychley (sic) 1768 Grange". Above again, a 6/6 sash. On either side a flat-roofed 2-storey bow window with a C19 tripartite sash on each floor. Beyond again, on either side, a mid C19 cast iron double gate and wicket, with skeleton piers and a short railing, altogether 7m long. West front has a near-central glazed door and to its right 2 6/6 sashes, all with keystoned heads. To the left, a large C20 canted bay window and beyond it, a round window. Above, an off-centre 6/9 sash, flanked to left by 2 6/6 sashes and to right by a C20 sham sash. All with keystoned heads.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/60 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/3 p.39 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

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Feb 20 2014 10:31AM