Building record 808/2/1 - No. 67 Queen Street (Fernhollow Farmhouse)

Farmhouse. C19 with medieval and C17 origins. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, brick end stacks. A medieval doorway survives on the north elevation. Post Medieval farmhouse, with some evidence of earlier features visible. Partially rebuilt and extended in 1840-50 after a fire.

{1} Farmhouse. C19 with medieval and C17 origins. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, brick end stacks. 2-unit through passage plan. Central 6-pane C19 door in C15 moulded doorway with 4-centred head and hood mould, a 3-light stone mullion window to right with hood mould and small one-light window to far right with moulded stone surround and hood mould. Rest rebuilt C19 with very large bay window to left of door and upper storey corbelled out over ground floor either end and with 2-light flat-arched window above door flanked bay similar 3-light windows. 2-storey C19 wing to rear left. Interior not inspected. (Paul Woodfield, 'The Larger Medieval House of Northamptonshire', Northamptonshire Archaeology 16, 1981, p.162).

{3} Medieval doorway survives on north elevation of Fernhollow Farmhouse. The building spanning 5.15m was altered in the 17th century and much rebuilt in the 19th century. The doorway is set in the north wall of the building. It leads to a through stair hall. The doorway has a 4-centred moulded arch and simple hood mould with outward turned stops. To the west the north wall has a 4-light 17th century window and beyond a blocked fire window to a major fireplace, also blocked, probably the original kitchen. The room east of the hallway was entirely rebuilt in the 1840-50 period following a fire, at which period the building was heightened and the rear extension probably built. The doorway may be dated to the 15th century, and the through hall it leads to may well embody the original cross passage, with services to the west.

{4} Undated photo;

{5} The NGR for this reference is incorrect, the location is SP 620 588 (NAT)

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 21/214 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Woodfield P., 1981, The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire, 16/188 (checked) (Article). SNN23550.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Weedon Bec (Photographs). SNN114204.

<5> Annotated Record Map, OS 10 000 1983 (Map). SNN112961.

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