Description

ULCOMBE KNOWLE HILL
TQ 84 NE
Lower Knowle Hill
6/187
Farmhouse
26.4.68
GV II

Said to have been Rectory, now farmhouse. Mid C16 with C17
additions and mid C19 alterations. Timber framed. Front
elevation clad with alternate bands of plain and fishscale
tiles, right gable end weatherboarded. Plain tile roof.
6 timber-framed bays; second and third bays from left form
hall of 2 unequal-length bays with narrow smoke-bay to right
end of longer right bay. Left end bay of house formerly
subdivided. 2 storeys and garret on stone plinth. Cellar to
right end. Short C19 wing projecting to front at left end,
narrower C17 one to centre and narrow but longer C17 wing to
right end, forming irregular E-plan. 2 latter wings have eaves
jettied on curved and shaped brackets. All have thin close-
studding and waved bargeboards. Roof of C19 wing forms hip to
left end of main range. Tall multiple brick stack on moulded
plinth with corbelled top and base of circular upper flue, in
front slope of roof towards left end [in left bay of hall]
Multiple brick ridge stack to right end. Irregular fenestration
of 5 three-light casements; one to each outer wing, one to
central wing with returning side-lights; and one to either side
of central wing. Half-glazed door with stained glass in half-
glazed, gabled porch between left and central wings. Lean-to
to right. Short rendered 2-storey addition to rear half of
house to left. Interior: exposed timbers. C17 beams of heavy
scantling to both floors, some inserted. Ovolo-moulded mullion
windows. C17 turned balusters to landing. Moulded brackets to
ground-floor beams. Plain crown-posts to left half of house,
clasped purlin roof with diminishing principal rafters to right
half.

Listing NGR: TQ8589248958

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655111

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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