Description

FRITHELSTOCK
SS41NW
10/97 Knaworthy Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Early C17, with later C17 extension to right.
Colourwashed render over coursed slatestone rubble; gabled Welsh
slate roof; rendered stone ridge stack and external left end
stack. Early C17 one-unit plan with rear outshut; a 2-unit plan
with central lobby-entry was added to the right in the later C17;
the later C17 house evidently consisted of a parlour to left,
central hall and unheated service room to right. 2 storeys;
5-window range. C20 door and porch. Flat rendered arches over
C20 windows. C17 outshut to rear left, heightened in C20 and
adjoining C20 porch. Interior: early C17 section to left, of
one-unit plan with rear outshut, has plaster panel with relief
lettering reading IHTH/1529, chamfered beam and open fireplace
with cloam oven in front room, which also has two C17 chamfered
wooden doorframes to rear outshut; left side of outshut contained
staircase which has been removed; first floor has 3 similar
doorframes, one with ovolo-moulded architrave. Later C17
extension to right; central room, former hall, has stone-flag
floor, roll-stopped beam, scribed joists, open fireplace with
cloam oven and chamfered doorframe to staircase positioned at
rear of stack; chamfered beam in room to right; two C17 A-frame
trusses, with pegged collars (one with open notch-lapped joint)
and ridge purlin set in notched apexes. The early C17 plaster
panel is unusual in having the 1527 date, which may have recorded
an important marriage.

Listing NGR: SS4345317750

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26592619

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2