Description

TL 5457 GREAT WILBRAHAM MILL ROAD
(South West Side)

Kennel Farmhouse
13/112
II

House, mid-late C16 with late C19 addition to rear. Restored
1970s. Rendered timber frame with steeply pitched roof now of
cement tiles with C19 grey gault brick upper courses to an
original clear red brick ridge stack. End stack added to High
Street end, late C19. Original plan of four bays in single
range, with parlour to High Street and cross-passage between
parlour and hall. Two storeys with gable end to High Street
jettied at first floor. The jetty beam, although now obscured,
is carved with folded leaf ornament. Three horizontal sliding
sashes at first floor and two shuttered hung sashes of sixteen
panes each at ground floor on either side of blocked doorway to
the cross-passage. Late C19 addition of grey gault brick,
parallel and at rear of the C16 house. Two storeys. Main
doorway now in gable end of C19 addition. Interior: The
parlour has main beam with folded leaf moulding and half-round
roll moulding to the joists. The cross-passage is now
incorporated into the parlour and the site of the partition wall
or screen can be seen in the mortices in one of the joists. At
first floor there is a sealed four light original window with
diamond mullions. Curved downward bracing in the wall frame.
The roof is of clasped side purl in construction of substantial
scantling with curved wind bracing between the principals and
purlin.
R.C.H.M: Record card

Listing NGR: TL5488957260

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26420758

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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