Building record 249/9/6 - Former piggery, 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} A single storey brick and stone built structure with mono-pitched roof. Cartographic evidence suggests that a building was constructed in this location between 18884 and 1900. During the last 50 years the building has been used to house pits before it was given over to storage.
Detailed external and internal 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.33 (checked) (Report). SNN108350.

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

Record last edited

Jul 2 2018 12:16PM