Monument record 4287/8/1 - Rectory Farmhouse, Faxton

Rectory Farm stood immediately east of the church. It was probably constructed in the second half of the 16th century and was built of coursed stone rubble and originally thatched. There was a dairy on the west end and a store on the east.

{1} After this sequence of houses the close remained empty until Rectory Farm was built in the early 17th century.
This was a two-storey stone building with later barns at each end, and was demolished just before 1968.

{5} Rectory farmhouse had been built in the middle of the medieval croft 4287/3 shortly after 1610 and was demolished in 1959. Photo of a sculpture of a civilian, c.1350, reused as a window mullion in Rectory farm.

{7} After the construction of the rectory in c.1600—1610, the excavated area of the croft became a garden. Paths, field drains and boundary walls of the 19th century were found, together with a rubbish pit of c.1870. The rectory ruins were surveyed and photographs of its appearance before demolition were traced.

{8} Rectory Farm was stone-built, roughly coursed, with fine stone quoins, gables and chimneys; its windows were ovolo-moulded and one doorway was of good quality stone. Built in about 1560.

{9} Recorded in 1979 prior to demolition. Suggests a 17th century date for the house (but only the NW end is of that date; the SE part rebuilt in the 18th century). NE front has ovolo-moulded stone mullion 2-light window at the NW end on the first floor.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.122-3 site 15 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> 1746, Map of Faxton (Possible Inclosure Map), (unchecked) (Map). SNN26677.

<3> 1840, Faxton Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN26679.

<4> 1874, Map of Faxton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN106038.

<5> Butler L., 1969, Faxton, 16/144-6 (checked) (Article). SNN76391.

<6> 1969, Medieval Archaeology (13), 13/279 (checked) (Journal). SNN38357.

<7> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1969, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1967/68 (Medieval), 3-22 (checked) (Article). SNN57956.

<8> Butler, L, and Gerrard, C, 2020, Faxton: Excavations in a deserted Northamptonshire village 1966–68, p. 58-60 (Monograph). SNN112494.

<9> Historic England, 1959, HOUSE FAXTON, LAMPORT, BF032358 (Archive). SNN116540.

Record last edited

Feb 17 2025 7:15PM