Description

SO 26 SE KNILL CP -

3/16 Knill Farmhouse

19.8.53

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C17, altered during mid-C19 and further C20 alterations.
Timber-framed completely encased in pebbledash render on sandstone rubble
plinth and with east gable end also of rubble; tiled roofs; brick shafts
to stacks. L-plan with cross-wing at west end; main wing extended to east
with further additions to north side; north gable end of cross-wing adjoins
barn (qv) which extends to north. Entrance now to west side of cross-wing;
one axial and one east gable-end stack to main wing, north gable-end stack
to cross-wing. Two storeys, attics and cellars. West entrance front:
two 9-pane glazing bar sash windows to first floor, large 6-pane glazing
bar sash window to left of gabled porch; inner ledged door, plain overlight.
Two sections of square panelled timber-framing are revealed to rear which
also shows that the roof of the main wing was raised, probably during the
mid-C19. Interior retains chamfered ceiling beams and re-used C17 panel-
ling in present hallway; a small panel of plasterwork with fielded margin
survives in a bedroom to the south-east.

Listing NGR: SO2913460682

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647870

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)