Description

ST 57 SW LONG ASHTON

4/164 Kingcot Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. C15, altered early C17 and C18. Rendered; pantile roof;
rendered stacks. L-plan farmhouse, formerly a late mediaeval house of three
rooms and a cross passage. 2 storeys and attics in catslide dormers. 2 bays:
glazing bar sash windows on ground floor and 2-light casements above. Central
gabled porch; studded plank door, strap hinges with fleur-de-lys ends, ovolo
moulded surround. Single bay lean-to at left; blocked pointed doorway is now
covered by render; at the rear of the lean-to the opposite doorway is visible
and it has a 2-centred, hollow chamfered, freestone surround. The south-east
elevation has 3-light casement windows in ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds.
In the re-entrant angle with the rear wing is a gabled stair tower with 2-light
casement windows; later lean-to addition. Interior. Ovolo moulded beams with
run-out stops. The ground floor, left room (the hall) has a fine panelled and
framed ceiling with bold ovolo-moulded main beams and chamfered joists. Rear
newel stair with jointed newel post. First floor (east) room has an ashlar
fireplace with a 4-centred head and an ovolo moulded surround; the initials RA/M
and IA/M are carved on shields in the spandrels. First floor room in the wing
has a fireplace with a depressed ovolo moulded lintel on rebuilt jambs. Other
plank doors in ovolo moulded and chamfered surrounds.

Listing NGR: ST5204370274

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26421884

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)