Judge'S And Attached Barn

The property comprises a farmhouse and attached barn, dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, located on Daventry Road, Wardington. The farmhouse is composed of two distinct builds, with the right-hand part dating to the mid-17th century and subject to alterations in the mid-20th century. The left-hand part is late 18th century, possibly with earlier origins, and has seen 20th-century repairs to its roof. The barn is of the 18th century with later roof repairs.

The right-hand part of the farmhouse has a front elevation of coursed, squared ironstone rubble, with coursed rubble to the rear. It features a long, reed thatched roof, a stone end stack, and stone-coped gables with moulded kneelers. The plan is of two units, lobby entry. It is two storeys plus attic in height, with a single storey plus attic to the rear, and has a two-window range. A two-storey gabled porch providing access is situated between the two builds, housing a plank door with a moulded surround and a three-light casement window above. The ground floor features two three-light wood casement windows, with a blocked doorway between. The first floor also contains two three-light wood casements. Most windows have lead cames and crown glass. A thatched dormer contains a two-light casement. Inside, a straight staircase with a winder leads to the upper floors, alongside two-panel doors with butterfly hinges, wide elm floorboards, stop-chamfered beams, an inglenook fireplace with a bressumer and blocked fire window, and a trenched purlin roof raised on the front elevation in the 1950s.

The left-hand part of the farmhouse has a coursed, squared ironstone rubble front elevation, while the rear has upper courses of coursed, squared ironstone with coursed rubble below. A thatched, longreed roof remains, alongside stone end stacks, stone-coped gables with stone kneelers, and a two-unit plan. The building is two storeys plus attic high, and has a two-window range. A blocked entrance on the left side has a wood lintel, while the current entrance is within a two-storey porch on the right. The ground floor features two tall two-light wood casements, and the first floor two similar three-light windows, all with wood lintels, lead cames, and crown glass. A blocked, three-light stone mullioned cellar window has a hood mould and label stops. A small, blocked stone window sits between the ground and first floors. The rear elevation features a three-light wood casement and two and three-light wood mullioned and transomed windows with lead cames and crown glass, all with wood lintels. Lead rainwater goods are present on the right. Internally, the ground floor has been lowered, with stop-chamfered beams, internal shutters, plank doors, and a first-floor partition of light stud construction. The attic includes a blocked window and a three-bay trenched purlin roof of rough timbers; the original roof was retained beneath an inserted load-bearing rafter roof from the 1950s.

The barn is constructed of squared coursed ironstone, with a renewed tile roof. It is single-storey and two bays wide, with an entrance on the right-hand side featuring a plank door with strap hinges, a moulded surround, and a wood lintel. A two-light casement is set into the left gable. The barn’s interior contains a partially renewed, circa 19th/20th-century queen post strut and rafter roof.