Garden Farmhouse
GARDEN FARMHOUSE, MAIN STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1293948
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Garden Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- GARDEN FARMHOUSE, MAIN STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2003-09-19
- Reference:
- IOE01/11335/14
- Rights:
- © Mr Roger Ashley. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1293948
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 25-Jan-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Garden Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- GARDEN FARMHOUSE, MAIN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GARDEN FARMHOUSE, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Fotheringhay
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 06125 93117
Details
TL09SE
6/64
23/05/67
FOTHERINGHAY
MAIN STREET
(North side)
Garden Farmhouse
(Formerly listed as Garden Farm (formerly the New Inn)
GV II
Inn now house, commercial premises and outbuildings. Mid/late C15 for Edward IV,
reconstructed and extended C18, mid and late C19. Squared coursed limestone with
Collyweston slate roof. Probably courtyard plan now a main range with central
carriage arch and wings projecting to front and rear left and rear right. 2
storeys. Main front is a 5-window range with central carriage arch. Range to
left of carriage arch, was the Hall, has two 2-light square-head windows with,
cinquefoiled lights and hood moulds, probably restored C19. Similar 2-light
window, above carriage arch, has armorial label stops. C19 single-light windows,
with cinquefoiled lights, to right of carriage arch and similar 2-light window
to first floor far right. C19 four-light window, with cinquefoiled lights and
transom, to ground floor far right. Central carriage arch has moulded stone
surround with 4-centred arch head, traceried spandrels and carved label stops.
Cusped frieze, with shields, above. 2-stage ashlar buttresses flanking archway.
Ashlar corner buttress with pyramid coping, to far right. Ashlar gable parapet,
to right, has carved kneeler and C19 brick and stone stack at apex. C15 range
projecting to left was reconstructed as farm building C19. 4-centred arch
doorway in gable, now blocked, has 2 blocked openings, with square heads, to
left. Return wall has similar blocked doorway and blocked square-head opening.
Elevation to right of main front is mainly C19 with C15 gable end to left.
Projecting flue to centre of gable has 2 single-light windows to left, with
cinquefoiled lights, now blocked. C19 porch to left of centre and 2 C19
projecting wings to centre and right. C19 central canted bay windows. Other
windows are all C19 with stone surrounds. Elevation to left of main front has
C19 cart entrance, flanked by pitch holes and slit vents. Rear elevation:
central carriage arch has wood lintel with close studded timber-framed first
floor above. Central C19 casement window. C19 doorway with 4-centred arch head
to right of carriage arch. Projecting wing to right is mainly C19 with cart
entrance under wood lintel. Range to left is mainly C19 with projecting gable
and casement windows with stone surrounds. Interior: entrance hall to right of
main front has C19 staircase. Room to left of entrance has large fireplace with
4-centred ogee and hollow-moulded head. Intersecting ceiling beam and collar.
The roof structure of the hall range, to the left of the main front,is noted as
a central collar truss with roll and hollow mouldings, two cranked struts, one
tier of butt-purlins and wind braces. A further truss has cambered tie beam,
struts to the collar and windbraces. Formerly the New Inn which served
Fotheringhay Castle. Part of Lord 0verstone's estate in C19 when it was recorded
as a farmhouse.
(RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p72)
Listing NGR: TL0612593117
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 232619
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire, (1984)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 21-Jun-2026 at 02:07:23.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.