Building record 3642/3/1 - Home Farmhouse, Rectory Lane

Farmhouse. Datestone 1756 and mid and late C19. Squared coursed ironstone façade and regular coursed limestone gables with C20 stone slate roof.

{1} Farmhouse. Datestone 1756 and mid and late C19. Squared coursed ironstone façade and regular coursed limestone gables with C20 stone slate roof. Originally T-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic. Entrance front of 3-window range, centre window now blocked, with C19 casements in original openings under flat arches with keyblocks. Central 6-panel door under flat arch with keyblock. 2-light stone-mullioned cellar window to left entrance. Moulded stone cornice and part of roof dormers. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and stone stacks at ends. Garden front to left of entrance front is of 6-window range of C19 stone-mullioned windows with transoms. Central gable porch. Centre block has C18 moulded stone cornice and datestone. Flanking wings are mid and late C19. Interior not inspected but kitchen noted as having remains of an open fireplace.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/275 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G05 p.114 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100394.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Orlingbury (Photographs). SNN113451.

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May 25 2022 10:20AM