Description

PITMINSTER CP
ST21NW BLAGDON HILL
10/98 Knight's Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Late medieval open hall house, ceiled C17, roof raised subsequently,
refenestrated late C19-early C20.Roughcast over cob, rebuilt right gable end, double
Roman tile roof, brick stacks right gable end, to left of cross passage, on rear
elevation external rubble stack with rebuilt brick chimney rising below roof ridge.
Plan: single ended open hall house with solar jettied out into hall, ceiled to 3-cell
and cross passage. Two storeys, 4 bays; all 3-light casements except for small hinged
casement above entrance in second bay right, half-glazed C19 door, C20 porch raking
buttress right gable end and window formerly lighting stair. Interior not seen, said to
contain evidence of arch braced jointed cruck truss roofed open hall with framed
partition to solar jettied into hall with small window, 9-panel steeply chamfered
compartment ceiling to hall, unusual plinth to rear of hall stack.
(VAG Report, unpublished SRO, January 1983).

Listing NGR: ST2115218652

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313392

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings