Building record 1320/1/1 - Geddington Grange Farmhouse

The farmhouse was built 1811-17 as part of the estates of the Duke of Buccleuch.

{1} Farmhouse. Early C19. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, hipped slate roof and C20 brick stacks to rear. 3 storeys, 3-window range. Quoins. Central 6-panel door (upper 2 panels glazed) in moulded wood surround with hood. Sash windows (less tall to second floor) with gauged stone heads. Lower wing to rear. Interior not inspected.

{3} Built 1811-17. Internally original features include a Regency-style open string stair, typical of the period. The windows are late 19th-century replacements, but in the front range the working shutters fold back well into their boxes and may be original. In the kitchen there is an inglenook, blocked up at the time of the survey. The ground floor of the north-east wing is reputed to have been a dairy- the vestiges of benches can be seen against the east wall. At least one original fireplace, others 19th century.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/254 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Soden, I., 2013, A heritage asset survey of Grange Farmhouse, Geddington Grange, Northamptonshire September 2013, (unchecked) (Report). SNN110239.

<4> Horne B. (Editor), 2014, South Midlands Archaeology (44), p. 36 (Journal). SNN109842.

Record last edited

May 1 2019 1:38PM