Description

MARY TAVY MARY TAVY
SX 57 NW
4/77
- Kent House

GV II
Mine captain's house, now house. Early C19 with some later alterations. Rubble,
slate-hung front and rear, above ground floor level, rendered below, slate roof,
cement-washed to rear, rubble and brick gable stacks.
Double depth plan with narrow service rooms to rear; to front, 2 principal rooms,
heated by gable end stacks, one right and left of central/stair hall with stair to
rear, forming lobby entrance. Extended to left by smaller heated service room with
gable end stack. Rear rooms unheated.
2 storeys and 3 windows, all 12-pane sashes with 4-pane sidelights in exposed boxes
except first floor central 12-pane sash, central panelled and glazed door with
triangular hood on wooden posts, buttress to right. Set back to left, lower 1½
storey addition built against stepped external stack with oven projection to side,4-
pane light to front and summer house attached, small brick gable stack. Rear of
addition has door, gable end of main range has half-glazed door level also slate-
hung, at first floor 4-pane sash and 12-pane sash in exposed box, 4-pane casement and
2-light 6-pane horizontal sliding sash, ground floor has single light and 2-light
casement and single light, external brick stack to right.
Interior not inspected. Kent House was named after the mine captain, Kent, cf
Kent's Tor to north west, where open-air Methodist meetings were held.

Listing NGR: SX5079878890

Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6