Description

KINGTON RURAL CP APOSTLES LANE SO 25 SE

7/4 Apostles Farmhouse

19.8.53

- II*

Farmhouse. C15, with additions and alterations of C17, further mid-C19 and C20 alterations. Part timber-framed and part sandstone rubble, completely rendered, tiled roofs. Three-bay C15 hall aligned north-east/ south-west with central stack; through-passage toward south-west end, C17 cross-wing added to south-west, further additions to south-east and north- east. Single storey and attic to hall range, two storeys and attic to cross-wing with jettied upper floors. North-west front: three projecting gables each with one 2-light casement window to hall range. One 3-light casement window to ground floor to left of doorway with six-panelled door having two upper panels glazed. Cross-wing to right with 2-light casement in upper floor and a pair of similar windows to the ground floor. The jetty is largely obscured by the rendering but appears to be supported on plain curved brackets. Interior reveals two largely complete cruck trusses toward the centre of the former hall range. The main room has a good inserted cearly C17 steeply chamfered cross-beamed ceiling, and large open fireplace with plain chamfered surround. (RCHM, Vol 3, p 95).

Listing NGR: SO2850752414

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)