Building record 1653/5/1 - Daventry Farmhouse & Attached Outbuilding

{1} Farmhouse. Late C17 and mid C18. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. L-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic. Main front of 3-window range of C20 top hung casements in original openings under stone lintels. Central C20 door under stone lintel. Stone gabled eaves dormer to right has casement window with glazing bars. Chamfered plinth. Ashlar gable parapets and ashlar stacks at ends. Rear wing is of different build to main front and has some casement windows under wood lintels. Outbuilding attached to gable end has plank doors to ground and first floor. Elevation of rear wing to road has one 2-stage and one single buttress. Brick and stone stacks to ridge. Interior: kitchen in rear wing has remains of open fireplace with bressumer. Kitchen and room to right of entrance have moulded spine beams.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/169 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G07 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Woodford (Photographs). SNN114290.

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Nov 9 2022 11:13AM