Description

PAINSWICK KNAP LANE
SO 8609/8709 (east side)

7/152
21.10.55 Knapp Cottage (formerly
listed as Knap Orchard
House)
GV II
House alongside the road. C17 with C20 modifications. Large squared and
coursed limestone blocks, stone slate roof. A cross-gabled cottage to which a
lower wing is added left, and a C20 stair turret in half-cylindrical turret at
the back, probably by Detmar Blow, as part of the modifications made when the
attached Knap Orchard House (qv) was built in 1926. Twp storeys and attic, with
gable, left, to street with 2-light recessed chamfer casements at 3 levels,
under stopped hoods; to right are two single lights, also with hoods. To left,
in lower unit are 1:3: door: 2-light under a stepped hood mould; plank door.
Right gabled return, towards the valley, has 2 over 3 over 3-light recessed
chamfer mullioned casements with hoods, and garden front has a 2-light lancet
over 2 over 3-light casements in gable, with a quadrant connection to the later
house. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8674409318

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445473

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