Building record 3244/0/9 - Manor Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Late C17 and C19.

{1} Farmhouse. Late C17 and C19. Squared coursed limestone with lias dressings and C20 plain-tile roof. Originally probably 3-unit plan. 2 storeys with attic. 4-window range of C19 two- and 3-light stone-mullioned windows with sashes. Window to ground floor far left is a C19 stone mullion. C19 gable porch to right of centre has panelled door under 4-centred moulded stone arch. Ashlar gable parapets and brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Right gable has two 6-light C17 stone-mullioned windows. C18 wing to rear. Interior not inspected.

{3} Undated photo;

{5} This stone farm outbuilding was probably constructed in the later 18th century, as one of two, side by side. Both exhibit similar gauged stone lintels above doors and windows. The building was redesigned during the second half of the 19th century or possibly later, with the insertion of interior brick walls to create two double stables and a tack room, all facing west, and of which little detail survives. On the far side was created a single carriage-house facing east. The major reordering also doubled the height of the building which was given a first floor, probably to create groom’s accommodation at the north end and a hayloft access at the south end. Subsequently the plot boundary wall was built up against the end of the reordered building and the southern angle then filled with a small greenhouse or planting house. These phases may have taken place after the hayloft (and possibly the stable also) went out of use.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/291 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Strixton (Photographs). SNN113404.

<4> Historic England, Undated, St Peter's Church, Isham (Archive). SNN113403.

<5> Iain Soden, 2017, A Heritage Asset Survey on a stable block at Manor Farm, Strixton, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN117084.

Record last edited

May 13 2026 3:40PM