Building record 9977/1/1 - Brampton Hill Farmhouse, farmbuilding approx 75 metres south

Brampton Hill Farm, Chapel Brampton. Model farm Mid C19 built by the Spencer family. Model farms were architect-designed farmsteads inspired by the ideals of Enlightenment that combined utility with architectural beauty.

{1} Farmbuilding. Mid C19. Built by the Spencer family. Squared coursed lias with slate roof. H-plan. North face has centre block of 2 storeys with flanking single storey range. Central door with flanking window openings and hay loft door above. Simple pediments over. Central stable door in each flanking wing has windows to left and right. All openings have flat arch heads. Remains of clock face in pediment. Single storey range of cart sheds to rear of centre block with range of barns attached to south. C20 alterations to buildings at rear. The Spencers were leading C19 agriculturalists and this building is an example of part of a range of unaltered commercial farm buildings.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/98 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G01 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Chapel Brampton (Photographs). SNN111836.

<4> Bond A., 1995, Thematic Survey of Planned and Model Farms: Northamptonshire, p. 18 (Gazetteer). SNN63075.

Record last edited

Jan 12 2023 1:47PM