Building record 5616/4/3 - Outbuildings, Home Farm House

Two adjoining outbuildings to the rear of Home Farm House. The earliest, built in the early 18th century, is dominated by a large fireplace with a near complete smoke jack. The adjoining building, built in the 18th or 19th century, appears to have originated as a cart shed.

{1} Historic building recording of two single-storey outbuildings prior to renovation. The earliest was constructed in the early 18th century from coursed limestone rubble. Internally, it is dominated by a large fireplace with a chamfered oak lintel beam and a near-complete smoke jack, which was used for cooking meat. Other fixtures and fittings, such as meat hooks and a shallow glazed stoneware trough sink also point to a primary function of meat preparation. The adjoining building was constructed at some point afterwards, but prior to 1884. It is built from coursed limestone rubble and brick and appears to have functioned as a cart shed. Adjoining buildings to the north, now in separate ownership, were an associated tack room and stable.

<1> Wilson, M and Planas, M, 2022, Outbuildings at Home Farm House, Lower Street, Twywell, Northamptonshire, NN14 3AH: Historic Building Record, https://doi.org/10.5284/1113091 (Report). SNN114526.

<2> Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd, 2023, Images from Historic Building Recording at Home Farm House, Lower Street, Twywell, Northamptonshire, 2022, https://doi.org/10.5284/1107024 (Digital archive). SNN115691.

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Feb 25 2025 7:12PM