Building record 1965/3/1 - Duck End Farmhouse

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17. Coursed limestone rubble with some ironstone banding to wing, Colleyweston stone slate roof, coped gables and moulded stone end stacks.

{1} Farmhouse, now house. Late C17. Coursed limestone rubble with some ironstone banding to wing, Colleyweston stone slate roof, coped gables and moulded stone end stacks. Main block with cross-wing to west. 2 storeys and attic. Main block, 2-window range, has board door in 4-centred-arched moulded stone surround to left. 2- and 3-light ovolo-moulded stone mullioned windows with cornices over. Two 2-light hipped dormers. One bay addition to right with similar details. Gable end of wing has 2-light m indow. West flank of wing, of 3 bays, shows evidence of rebuilding and has 2- and 3-light mullioned windows. Interior altered, but retains full-height dog-leg staircase with closed string, turned balusters and plain newels with ball finials. 4-centred arched chimneypiece with cyma recta cornice in right-hand ground-floor room, larger but plainer 4-centred arched chimneypiece in ground floor room at south end of wing, probably reset.

Morriss R.K. & Associates, 2021, 37 Duck End, Cranford, Northamptonshire: An Architectural & Archaeological Analysis & Survey (Report). SNN113685.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 18/162 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/4 p.35 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

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