Building record 6454/1/1 - Top Lodge and attached barn granary, outbuildings and shelter sheds

Post medieval farmhouse, now house, built in 1761 and 1771 with attached barn, granary, outbuildings and shelter sheds. Probably altered early 19th century. The barn and granary have a 20th century concrete tile roof.

{1} Farmhouse now house. Datestones 18/1761, IT/RD/1771 probably altered early C19. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Double depth plan. 2 storeys with attics. Main front is a 3-window range. Central 4-panel door under stone lintel with keyblock. Sash windows with glazing bars; 8-paned at first floor and 6-paned at ground floor, all under gauged stone heads. 3 hipped roof dormers with casement windows. Ashlar gable parapets and ashiiar end stacks. Left gable has datastone. Rear elevation has casement windows and a shallow wooden projection in the centre of the first floor. Outbuilding, attached to left of main front, links with barn and granary. Barn has central cart entrance, under wood lintel, with relieving arch above, and flanking buttresses; similar buttress to right. Granary has external flight of stone steps. Range of shelter sheds, attached at right angles, to far left has 10 bays of open fronted segmental-head arcades. Barn and granary have C20 concrete tile roof with renewed roof structure. Interior of house not inspected but noted as having panelled window reveals, C18 stair with turned balusters. Large fireplace in kitchen, now blocked, and original numbered roof trusses. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p.62)

{4} Two undated photos;

Historic England, Undated, TOP LODGE FARM, FINESHADE (Archive). SNN116280.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/117 (checked) (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. 62/site 2 (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Duddington (Photographs). SNN112103.

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