Building record 8315/0/8 - No. 53 Upper Benefield (Hill Farmhouse)

{1} Farmhouse. Datestone 1797. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. Originally 3 units with wing to rear forming an L-shape plan. Main front of 4-window range of 2- and 3-light casements with glazing bars, all under gauged stone heads with keyblocks. 4-panel part-glazed door to right of centre has similar head. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and ashlar ridge and end stacks with moulded cornices. Datestone on right end stack. 4 cast-iron tie-rod plates at intervals along the ma n front. Left gable has blocked window openings with wood lintel. Rear wing has some casement windows with wood lintels. Interior not inspected but noted as having spine beams.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/33 (checked) (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 12:51PM