Building record 4268/0/19 - No.31 Griffin Road (Bleak House)

Farmhouse, now a house. Mid C17, repaired 1741, with a late C19 addition. Coursed squared ironstone with limestone dressings and Welsh slate roof.

{1} Farmhouse, now a house. Mid C17, repaired 1741, with a late C19 addition. Coursed squared ironstone with limestone dressings and Welsh slate roof. Coped gables with kneelers, single central coped quadruple stone stack. 2 storeys plus attics, 3 bays, baffle entry plan. Stone mullioned casements throughout, with filleted mullions and flat hood moulds. South front has a central plain stone doorcase with C20 glazed door, flanked by single 3-light casements. Above, a small central casement and to its right a coped datestone inscribed 'Rep'd 1741 - J H'. Beyond, on each side, a 3-light casement. Each gable has a central 3-light casement on each floor and to the attics a similar 2-light casement. The rear has, above, two 2-light casements. 2-storey C19 brick addition to the west. Interior not inspected.

{3} Photo dated July 1985;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/5 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H13 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Braybrooke (Photographs). SNN116526.

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