Description

LAXTON A43
SP99NE (West side)
4/149 Home Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse. Probably mid C18 origin remodelled about 1830 for Evans family of
Laxton Hall. Squared coursed limestone with slate roof. Originally T-shape plan.
2 storeys with attic. 3-window range of casements under shallow stone arches;
some windows are mid C20 replacements. Central panelled door is also under
shallow stone arch. 3 gabled dormers with casement windows. Ashlar gable
parapets and brick and stone stacks at end. Later C19 and C20 extension to left.
Rear wing is similar to main front, interior net inspected but rear wing may
have open fireplaces, now blocked. Forms part of model farm with barn and
attached farmbuildings approximately 30 metres north-west of Home Farmhouse
(q.v.), farm buildings and attached dovecote approximately 30 metres south-west
of Home Farmhouse (q.v.) and Dutch barn and attached cartsheds approximately 75
metres west of Home Farmhouse (q.v.).
(RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p115)

Listing NGR: SP9674097037

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565896

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey