Castle Farmhouse, Maxey
History of Castle Farmhouse
Listed Building
C15/16 and C17 house with C18 alterations. Long coursed stone range with steeply pitched
The nucleus of the house may be the Chantry referred to in VCH Northamptonshire Vol II Page 505
Defending Cambridgeshire by Mike Osborne p.42 has interesting comments about this location. He notes that the two light window in the gable wall of Chapel Cottage is the only visible remnant of the castle chapel, and therefore of the whole castle at Maxey which belonged to Margaret Beaufort.
Building dates
- Built 1400–1499
Sources for this date
- Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900
- Built 1400–1499: Listed building: C15 (grade II)
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