Description

NEWTON TRACEY
SS 52 NW
4/5 Kennacott Farmhouse
- (formerly listed under the
parish of Fremington)
29.5.86

GV II

Farmhouse. Cl7, remodelled and extended in early C19. Rendered stone and cob.
Slate roofs with gable end brick stacks to front range and gable end brick stack
and lateral brick stack to west side, enclosed in continuous outshut.
The Cl7 range probably originally 3-room plan but inner room demolished and
replaced by C19 symmetrical 2-room central staircase plan at right angles to the
Cl7 range which then became the rear service wing. 2 storeys. C19 facade has
3-window range. Early C20 2-light casements, 4 panes per light, above two 7-light
casements 6 panes per light flanking flat-roofed timber porch with 4 panelled
door, the upper panels glazed. Lean-to at right end. Rear wing has C19 casements
of 3 lights to left and 4 lights to right on each floor of 4-panelled door with slate
lean-to roof. Gothick pointed arched doorway at gable end.
Interior: Cl7 range contains fragment of moulded plaster cornice to hall. Fine
C19 integral lavatory seat with highly decorative bowl and original flushing
mechanism off principal chamber. C19 range undergoing extensive interior alterations
at time of survey (June 1985) but retains dog-leg staircase with moulded handrail
and turned balusters, and moulded cornice to room to left of entrance hall. 4 C19
trusses to front range with pegged lap-jointed collars and 2 tiers of trenched
purlins and diagonally set ridge purlin. Roof timbers to Cl7 range appear to have
been replaced in C20.

Listing NGR: SS5324726147

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552721

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)