Building record 812/0/14 - No.10 (Messuage Farmhouse) and attached outbuilding

Farmhouse. Mid C18 and C19. Squared coursed limestone with thatch and Colleyweston slate roofs. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys. 3-window range of C19 style casements under wood lintels. Plank door to right of centre, also under wood lintel. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and stone and ashlar stacks at ridge and end. Outbuilding attached to right, remodelled C19 as butcher's shop, has Colleyweston slate roof. Single storey with plank door and attached window under single wood lintel. Small C19 extens on to rear. Interior: 2 open fireplaces with bressumers. Spine beams and restored, reset, C17 panelling in hall.

{3} Undated photo;

<0> Ellison, M., 1999, Messuage Farm 10 Main Street Lower Benefield, (unchecked) (Photographic prints (COL)). SNN103190.

<0> Ellison, M., 1999, Messuage Farm 10 Main Street Lower Benefield, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN103192.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/7 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G09 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Benefield (Photographs). SNN111913.

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Mar 18 2020 2:37PM