Building record 2457/4/1 - Grafton Park Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dated 1696 on diamond-shaped datestone in south gable. Coursed limestone rubble with Collyweston stone slate roof and moulded stone ridge and end stacks.

{1} Farmhouse. Dated 1696 on diamond-shaped datestone in south gable. Coursed limestone rubble with Collyweston stone slate roof and moulded stone ridge and end stacks. 3 storeys to front, 2 storeys to rear. 4 irregularly spaced bays. Ground floor has a 3-light window, a slate-roofed canted bay window, a C19 panelled and part-glazed door and overlight in moulded architrave with cornice and panelled reveals, and a 3-light window with overlights. Wooden lintels. First floor has iron-framed gudgeon-hung casement windows of 3, 2, 2 and 3-lights. 4 shallower 3-light window to second floor. Interior: ground floor room to left of door has shallow inglenook with plain bressumer and the room beyond also has exposed bressumer but the fireplace has been partly filled in. Some panelled doors.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 16/318 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), J12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

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Feb 14 2019 10:34AM