Building record 2888/4/1 - Church Farmhouse

Two houses that were built during the 17th and 18th centuries but converted into a single farmhouse in the mid 19th century are located on the southern side of Mill Street. The building is L shaped in plan and is constructed of squared coursed limestone and ashlar with double pitch Collyweston slate roofs with parapets and chimney stacks at the gable ends. The main front has a four window range of three sashes and a canted bay to the right, beneath three gabled dormer windows. The rear and sides of the building have stone mullion windows and wooden lean to porches.

{1} 2 houses now one farmhouse. C17 and C18 linked mid C19 probably by Bryan Browning for Burghley House estate. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Each originally 2-unit plans, now irregular double depth. Single storey with attic and 2 storeys with attic. Main front is a 4-window range with 3, C19, sash windows under stone lintels, to centre and left, and a C19 wooden canted bay window to far right. 3 eaves dormers, with rendered gablets, to attic. Blocked opening to left of bay window. Ashlar gable parapets to right and brick and stone stacks at ridge. Side elevation, to right, has 2 gable end walls of the former separate dwellings; these are linked by a C19 lean-to porch, with a 6-panel door. 2- and 3-light stone mullion windows to gable ends. Rear range has narrow gabled projection, to right of porch, which also has 2-light stone mullion windows. All gables have ashlar parapets. Rear elevation has one 3-light stone mullion window, sash and casement windows and one eaves dormer. Bay to right projects forward. Gable end to right of rear elevation also has stone mullion windows. Interior not inspected but noted as having reset C17 panelling.

{4} Shown on 1775 Enclosure Map.

{7} Six undated photos;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/109 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G11 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.47 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> 1775, Duddington Enclosure Map (NRO 2857), (unchecked) (Map). SNN102479.

<5> 1798, Duddington Map (NRO 3633), (unchecked) (Map). SNN102480.

<6> 1815, Duddington NRO J(D) 603, (unchecked) (Map). SNN102481.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Duddington (Photographs). SNN112103.

<8> Historic England, Undated, CHURCH FARM, MILL STREET, DUDDINGTON, BF084615 (Archive). SNN114489.

Record last edited

Dec 8 2022 3:59PM