Description

1.
5141
TF 1402
42/353
25.2.50

MARH0LM
WOODCROFT ROAD
Marholm Farmhouse

II*
GV

2.
C17 house with date 1633. Coursed stone rubble with thatched roof. A-Shaped
on plan with 2 coped gables at front and back, one of the gables at the
rear has been taken down and replaced by hipped roof. Two storeys, 3 bays.
C17 stone mullion 2-light windows with triangular and segmental pediments.
Tablet to right of centre first floor window inlaid in lead "1633" and
monogram and flower spray "ENGROS". Ground floor centre has late C19
lean-to infill with ledged door and 3-light window.
Large rendered chimney stacks, one off centre on ridge, the other over
the rear wing. Two small stone sundials at corners and larger sundial
on south side.
At the rear, a small oriel, in the angle with the south wing, which lit the
former newel staircase which has been taken out. Small mediaeval window
in rear wing with cusped ogee head, probably reused from another building.
Interior: stopped chamfer ceiling beams and fireplace bressumer.
VCH Northamptonshire Vol II.

Listing NGR: TF1498602359

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554103

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  For the Record
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)