Building record 3124/4/1 - Lower Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Datestone NM/1616 and mid C18.

{1} Farmhouse. Datestone NM/1616 and mid C18. Regular coursed and banded limestone and ironstone with slate roof. Originally T-shape plan. 2 storeys. Main front of 6-window range of C20 casements in original openings under wood lintels and gauged stone lintels with keyblocks. 2 large tripartite sashes to ground floor centre and right also under gauged stone lintels with keyblocks. One bay to left has lower eaves and may have originally been a barn. Main house has ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Left gable has datestone. Rear similar with two C20 entrances and projecting wing to right of centre. Interior has 2 open fireplaces with bressumers.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/184 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> HET Buildings Conservation Team, 1993-2006, Buildings Planning Files, I074/2/11 (part checked) (HET Planning File (Buildings)). SNN105512.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Irchester (Photographs). SNN112806.

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Jun 19 2025 3:52PM