Building record 8123/1/1 - Kirby Hall Farmhouse & Attached Stables & Barn (& Masonry from Possible Earlier Building)

Farmhouse and attached stable and barn. Barn is probably late C18, farmhouse is early/mid C19 with reused C17 masonry.

{1} Farmhouse and attached stable and barn. Barn is probably late C18, farmhouse is early/mid C19 with reused C17 masonry. Regular coursed limestone with slate and pantile roofs. Originally 2-unit farmhouse with integral stable attached. 2 storeys, part hayloft over stables. 5-window range of C19 casements with wood lintels. 2 first floor and 4 ground floor windows have moulded stone jambs and one first floor window has moulded stone head. Moulded stone arch head door opening with keyblocks to rig t gives access to stables, and plank door with stone lintel to far left is to house. Brick stack at ridge. Rear of house has two 2-light stone mullion windows. Barn attached to right of main front has slit vents. Rear has central cart entrance with moulded stone segmental arch head. Interior of house: one reset fielded panelled door. Carved masonry is probably reused from Kirby Hall (q.v.).

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/52 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1992, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46686.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Gretton (Photographs). SNN111741.

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Jan 7 2025 1:22PM