Building record 5432/0/12 - Barn approximately 4m south-west of Ivy Cottage, Longwell

Early 19th-century barn constructed of ironstone with slate roof. Now converted to residential use. Formerly listed. Summary from record 5432/4/2: Early 19th-century barn. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof.

{1} Barn. Early C19th. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof. 3 bays. Central opposing double-leaf plank doors with segmental-arched head either side. Quoins and chamfered stone eaves. Interior: lined with red brick in Flemish garden wall bond. Wood threshing floor. King-post roof. Included for group value.

{3} Identified by South Northamptonshire Council as being a building of historic and/or architectural significance.

{4} History
The former barn was built in the early -C19 and may have been in use for the former farmhouse to the north, since converted to Ivy Bank and Cottage, but is shown in a self-contained plot on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1884. Following planning approval in 1984, the barn was approved for conversion to a dwelling in March 1987 and the works were subsequently carried out: sections of the walls and the entire roof were reconstructed in an enlarged envelope, a first floor and stair inserted and an extension was built to the west. There have been other minor alterations and additions since then.
Details
A former barn of early-C19 date, converted to a dwelling and extended in the late-C20.
MATERIALS: constructed of coursed, squared ironstone with quoins and a late-C20 extension of
limestone. The roofs are covered in concrete tile.
PLAN: broadly on a north/south orientation, the former three bay barn has been extended to the south by two bays and has an inserted first floor and stair. There is a conservatory to the south end of the east elevation. The west side of the former barn is attached via a link to a single-storey east/west extension.
EXTERIOR: modern openings with concrete lintels have been inserted in the principal (east and west)
elevations and the former barn doors have been replaced. The wes t elevat ion has probably been rebuilt with a narrower depth wall than the east elevation. The former barn opening on the west side has been reinstated with a stone segmental-arched head. There are late-C20 canted bays to the east , west and south elevations. The north end has no openings and a stone plinth.
INTERIOR: there are no fittings or finishes of historic note and the roof structure is of late-C20
construction.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/98 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL, 2012, South Northamptonshire Council Survey of Significant Historic Buildings, (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN108984.

<4> Historic England, 2020, De-Listing: Barn 4m south-west of Ivy Cottage, Case Number: 1465582 (Designation Advice Report). SNN112012.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Maidford (Photographs). SNN112797.

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Jul 25 2022 10:31AM