Description

KENTON SOUTH TOWN, Kenton
SX 98 SE

6/255 The Old Estate Office

GV II

House, formerly the Estate Office and Steward's House to the Powderham Estate. Said
to be C18 on account of the doorcase but possibly early C19 re-using the doorcase.
Whitewashed and rendered; slate roof, gabled at ends; left end stack and 2 axial
stacks.
Plan: single depth plan, 3 rooms wide, with an entrance to right of centre into a
heated room containing the stair.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 6-bay front with regular fenestration. Re-used 2-
leaf glazed front door with a doorcase with reeded pilasters and a curved hood with a
dentil cornice. Closely-spaced 2-light C19 or C20 timber casements with glazing
bars.
Interior: Joinery includes deeply-panelled doors and cupboards and a stair with
diamond piercings to plain splat balusters. 2 reeded chimney-pieces survive with C19
grates, one introduced from elsewhere.
Group value with Polruan, adjoining at the right, and thatched houses on the opposite
side of the road.

Listing NGR: SX9654583091

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389919

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)