Summary

In a map of 1779 the area that was later occupied by New Buildings was in a field called 'Park Field'.  By 1818, a map shows the field renamed 'Barn Field', with a section taken out of it and recorded separately in the accompanying survey as 'Barn and Yard', with the lane to it labeled 'Barn Field Lane'.  At both dates the area was owned by the Watts family.

By 2007, the site had remained unoccupied for almost fifty years when a survey was conducted by Northamptonshire Archaeology.  Their work suggested that the house on the site was built in the middle of the 19^th century, originally as two cottages which were later converted into a single farmhouse with an added range containing a dairy, wash-house and bakery.  Shortly after this survey was completed, the house was demolished, although several of the farm buildings were retained.

The 2007 survey is consistent with the evidence from the Censuses.  There is no indication of anyone living at New Buildings in the 1851 census, but by 1861 two families are recorded there, one headed by a farm bailiff, the other by a carter.  By 1891, one family is recorded at New Buildings, headed by a farmer.  The Smith family were tenants farmers in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses.

In the 1910 Inland Revenue survey, Edward Watts is recorded as the owner.  The property seems to have formed part of the estate sold to Lord Hesketh in the late 1930s.  Deeds held by the present owners indicate that the Hesketh family sold the property in 1963 to Reginald Wilfred Gascoigne Humfey, then resident at Park Farm.

By 2009, a new dwelling had been erected at New Buildings, built in the style of a New England house designed to withstand extreme weather conditions and achieve exceptional energy efficiency.