Building record 2189/0/3 - Lower Farmhouse

Farmhouse now house. Probably mid/late C17 altered C19. Squared coursed limestone with C20 plain tile roof. Originally 3-unit plan. 2 storeys. Irregular 4-window range of casements, some with glazing bars, under stop-chamfered wood lintels. Windows to ground floor left has moulded stone surround. Part-glazed plank door, to right of centre, has chamfered stone surround with 4-centred arch head. Remains of ashlar gable parapets and bases of stone stacks at ridge and ends. Lean-to extension, to rea left, has 2-light stone mullion window in side wall. Central, C19, two-storey extension has 3-light stone mullion window to right. Gable to left of main front has small arch-head window, now blocked, to first floor. Interior not inspected but noted as having remains of open fireplace.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/94 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Luddington (Photographs). SNN112635.

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Aug 25 2021 2:13PM