Description

BROADWOODWIDGER
SX 48 NW
8/34 Kellacott Farmhouse
- II
Farmhouse. Probably late C17 core, extended or remodelled in the circa late C18.
Whitewashed rendered cob with a corrugated asbestos roof formerly thatched, gabled at
ends, rendered gable end stacks.
Single depth plan with 2 heated rooms at ends, an unheated central half-room contains
the main stair. The development of the house is not clear, the lower end floor level
is approximately 1 metre below the floor level of the higher end. An internal
doorway between the lower and higher ends has been blocked and there are separate
front entrances to the lower and higher ends. The plan may have been 3 rooms and a
cross passage, rebuilt at the higher end, or a 2-cell cottage extended at the higher
end. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front with a front door leading directly into
the central half-room andh further entrance on the front into the lower end. Ground
floor window left is a 2-light casement, 6 panes per light, ground floor window right
C20. A wide first floor casement with glazing bars to the higher end projects
slightly above the eavesline, 1 first floor 2-light casement, 2 panes per light to
the lower end.
Interior The lower end (right-hand) room has a chamfered ceiling beam and exposed
joists. Large fireplace has a chamfered lintel with mason's mitres for chamfered
jambs. The lower end stairs have been replaced.

Listing NGR: SX4015788440

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458278

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)