Building record 3434/6/1 - No.82 Bedford Road (Home Farmhouse & Attached Garden Wall)

Farmhouse. Dated 1710, altered C19 and C20. Coursed squared ironstone, C20 interlocking tile roof, brick end stacks.

{1} Farmhouse. Dated 1710, altered C19 and C20. Coursed squared ironstone, C20 interlocking tile roof, brick end stacks. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. 3-unit through-passage plan. Entrance front facing yard has C20 door to left of centre with wood lintel in C20 gabled stone porch and plank door to far right with wood lintel. 2-light casement windows to ground floor, 3-light casements to 1st floor, all with wood lintels and blocked window to 1st floor far right. Sundial. Stone-coped gables with kneelers. Full-height wing to rear right facing road, C19 gabled timber porch and leaded 2-light casements to rear elevation. Datestone to right gable end inscribed M/IE/1710. Interior not inspected. Wing to rear has attached wall to right bounding garden of coursed squared ironstone with moulded brick coping. The builder was probably a member of the Marriott family whose home this was for several generations. (Little Houghton Coronation Scrapbook).

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/147 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Little Houghton (Photographs). SNN112603.

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Nov 17 2022 3:09PM