Building record 1396/7 - The Thatched House

{1} Farmhouse. Mid C17 and C18. Coursed rubble with ironstone dressings and thatched roof c 1985. Quoins and coped gables with kneelers. C19 off-centre brick ridge stack plus rebuilt stone ridge and gable stacks. 2 storeys plus garrets. 6 bays, single range. South front has an off-centre flat roofed glazed porch with beaded jambs and C18 plank door, flanked by single C19 canted bay windows, that to the right 2-storey, each with 5-light casements. Beyond, to the left, a close boarded door with wooden lintel and beyond it, a C20 3-light casements with wooden lintels. East gable has a central casement on each floor and to garret. West gable has a blocked door to left and a C20 casement to right. Above, an eroded datestone (1676?). Rear has an off-centre mid C19 single storey rear wing to west a long C19 lean-to porch. Interior has part of a cruck truss near the centre and a single purlin principal rafter roof to the east. Early C19 main staircase with ramped handrail and stick balusters. S C18 stair to garret. 5 plank and fielded panel doors, all C18.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/53 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/3 p.34 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

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Jul 12 2017 2:41PM