Description

TL 12 SE KINGS WALDEN KINGSWELL END
(South side)

4/19 Kingswell House

GV II

House. Late C15 open hall house with storeyed E crosswing, floor and
stair inserted in hall in late C16. Renovated and SW extension later
C20. Timber frame roughcast with steep old red tile roofs. A 2-bays,
1½-storeys, hall range with projecting 2-storeys gabled E crosswing
jettied to front (N) with 3 curved brackets. 3-lights dormer window to
roof of hall range and entrance next to crosswing beside internal
chimney with square shaft above roof. 2 casement windows to each floor
of wing and one to ground floor of hall range to W of where roof carried
down as porch. Very large C18 external W gable chimney to hall range
with 4 tiled offsets. Bow window added to E side of wing. Interior has
double-rebated cruciform crown post with 4-ways bracing to hall roof set
on arch-braced tie-beam with hollow chamfers to braces. Wing roof clean:
hall roof sooted. Inserted floor elaborately moulded with hollow chamfer
and roll to each side of axial beam, and similar edge-rolls to soffit of
joists. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1530824708

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26396550

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990