Monument record 1232/2/1 - Furtho manor house

The manor house was rebuilt in the early 17th century, but deteriorated during the later 19th century and was subsequently demolished.

{1} By 1720 'only one house, with the church' survived. The house is shown standing to the south west of the church, together with the remains of its formal garden, on a map of 1835. It was demolished in the late 19th century and replaced by the present Manor Farm to the south.

{4} Plan of manor house circa 1675.

{6} The manor house appears to have been rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century according to accounts for 1604-7. Repairs seem to have been undertaken in 1670 and then again in 1724-5. In 1771 and new brewhouse was added at the east end of the house. By the mid 19th century, substantial rebuilding was required and some repairs were carried out. However, the buildings continued to deteriorate. Drawings of the house by the Northampton architect Matthew Holding showed a building 'of two storeys plus a cellar, double-fronted, with bay windows on the ground floor on either side of an off-centre main doorway, which led to a sitting room and parlour on either side of the entrance, with a kitchen to the rear. Further back were additional service rooms, including a beer cellar, brewhouse and back kitchen. At the west end of the house, adjoining the farm buildings arranged round an open yard, were a dairy, a churn room and a room containing a horse-gin to work the churn. Upstairs the main range contained four bedrooms along the front of the house, with a passage running the length of the house at the back, at one of end of which a small fifth bedroom had been created. There were two servants' bedrooms over the service rooms in the rear wing.' It was demolished in the early 20th century and a new farmhouse was built to the south of the farmyard.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.119 site 9 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1850, Furtho Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN28039.

<3> 1835, Map of Furtho, (unchecked) (Map). SNN28038.

<4> Giggins, B., 1993, The Dovecote, Furtho, (checked) (Report). SNN74198.

<5> 2002, Various correspondence from Edmund Arnold's charity (Furtho), (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN102285.

<6> Riden P.; Insley C., 2002, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p. 127-142 (Series). SNN102540.

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Dec 3 2020 9:23AM