Description

KIRBY KNOWLE MAIN STREET
SE 48 NE
(EAST END, OFF)
4/28 MANOR HOUSE
20.6.66
GV II
Farmhouse. Late C18 with later alterations and early C19 and C20 additions.
Coursed squared herringbone-tooled stone, Welsh slate roof. 2 Storeys, 2 bays
with C19 block added to rear right corner, a C20 block (not of special interest)
added in front angle so formed, and an outshut to rear of main range which
continues along side of C19 addition. Main range: central half-glazed door with
interlaced glazing bars in pilastered and dentil-corniced wood surround with
corbelled hood. To either side a 20-pane sash in flush wood surround, and two
similar unequally-hung 15-pane sashes above, all with plain stone lintels and
projecting cills. Shaped kneelers, ashlar coping. End stacks. Single-storey
C20 bay on right not of special interest. Rear: only 1st floor of main range is
visible and it has a central 8-pane side-sliding sash with keyed lintel. The
C19 addition has a similar window to right, a hipped roof and brick stacks.
Left return, main range: a 16-pane sash to ground floor left and a small
rectangular opening in gable. Right return, C19 addition: some 16-pane sashes
with tripartite lintels and on ground floor to left a 12-pane sash with side
lights and similar lintel eaves band.

Listing NGR: SE4706187378

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26443610

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