SNN108775 - Chester Farm, Irchester: The Farmhouse (Draft)

The fire damaged interiors of Chester Farm's farmhouse have been recorded by written, drawn and photographic means, backed up by documentary studies. The results show an east to west aligned building which began as a 17th century vernacular east range with an adjacent north range, the latter dismantled in 1925. To this was added a probably Georgian west range with stair turret. A major remodellng in 1925 improved the house accommodation for the 20th century living, gutting the east range in the process and creating the cottages which survived the fire.