Building record 249/9/3 - Middle barn (now converted offices), Gate House Farm

{1} Cottage and adjoining barn and granary. C17. Coursed limestone rubble, Welsh slate roofs, brick stacks. Cottage to right. 2 storeys, one bay. Doorway in second bay from right with wood lintel and plank door. 3-light casement window to right with wood lintel. Similar 2-light window to left. Cart entrance in left bay with wood lintel and double plank doors. 2-light casement window on first floor. Coped right gable end with kneelers. Stack on right side. Barn, 3 bays has cart entrance in right bay with wood lntel and plank door. Granary adjoining to left. 3 bays, one storey with loft. Central doorway with wood lintel and plank door, is flanked by 2-light stone mullioned window without hoods. Interior not inspected.

{3} Barn, north-south orientated and comprises a single storey. It is constructed of ironstone with a gabled roof covered in slate. The buildings has been extended to the east into the courtyard; the works was carried out, according to cartographic evidence, at some point between 1922 and 1979-82. Most of the building has been converted to office use. Although externally this appears as one building, internally there are several separate and unconnected rooms/ areas. There are no features, fixtures or fittings of historic or archaitectural interest within this building, apart from a 17th/18th century latch reused on one of the doors.
Detailed internal and external description.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 3/7 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F03 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Fletcher T., 2012, Gate House Farm, Culworth, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Recording, 2012, p.29 (checked) (Report). SNN108350.

<4> Brooks, A. & Pearce, J. (Eds.), 2013, Post-Medieval Archaeology (47 pt2), 47pt2/437 (checked) (Journal). SNN109294.

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Jul 2 2018 12:17PM