Building record 3523/7/1 - No.1 Blackmile Lane (Old Farmhouse)

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17th. Regular coursed lias with thatched roof.

{1} Farmhouse, now house. Late C17th. Regular coursed lias with thatched roof. Originally T-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic. Main front has 2 wings each of 2-window range with leaded casements (renewed) under wood lintels. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and rendered brick and stone stacks at ends. Small C20 extensions between wings and to right. Rear elevation is similar with C20 entrance. Former stables attached to rear now form part of house. Interior: room to right of entrance hall has small . across corner with bressumer. Remains of similar fireplace in opposite corner of room above. Room to left of entrance also has open fireplace with bressumer. Moulded spine beams.

{3} Undated photo, also photo dated 1.8.90;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 7/150 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G05 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100394.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Grendon (Photographs). SNN111740.

Record last edited

Dec 12 2024 1:17PM