Description

KNAPTON MUNDESLEY ROAD
TG 23 SE
(west side)
3/74 Knapton House
- II

House, c.1800. Gault brick with slate roof. East facade of 2 storeys in
5 bays, the second and fourth bays broken forward. Facade articulated by
4 colourwashed giant Ionic pilasters with the capitals further enriched by
acanthus leaves. Central panelled door approached through semi-circular porch
on 2 Roman Doric columns and 2 pilasters. Above door is a fanlight, above
porch an iron balustrade. Round-headed ground floor sashes with glazing bars
below gauged arches. 2 central windows within arched recesses. 4 first floor
sashes with glazing bars and central balcony door within rendered architrave.
Deep timber eaves cornice dentiled in centre below pediment. Hipped roof
with 2 symmetrically placed stacks on rear roof slope. Returns also
distinguished by giant corner pilasters and bowed walls, shallow to south
and deeply bowed to north. Rear block of irregular but predominantly square
plan illuminated through square-headed sash windows with glazing bars and
gauged skewback arches. Eaves cornice and roof as facade.

Listing NGR: TG2978833762

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26301937

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)