Description

HARRINGWORTH WAKERLEY ROAD
SP9197 (South side)
11/146 Limes Farmhouse
23/05/67 (Formerly listed as The Limes)

- II
Farmhouse, now house. Late C17 probably altered C19. Finely squared coursed
limestone with lias dressings. Welsh slate roof. L-shape plan. 2 storeys with
attic. Main front is a 3-window range of 3-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion
windows with hood moulds. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and central brick
and stone stack at ridge. Rear elevation and rear wing have stone mullion
windows similar to front elevation also C19 style casements under wood lintels.
Entrance in rear wing. Interior: room to right of main front has remains of open
fireplace with bressumer. Later fireplace with bread oven in kitchen.
Stop-chamfered spine beams. C17 stud framed partitions. Roof structure has 2
tiers of butt purlins and rear range has convex wind braces.
(RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p86)

Listing NGR: SP9189397366

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26527343

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings