Description

KINTBURY

145/16/10002 KINTBURY HOLT
06-MAR-85 Hamstead Holt House

(Formerly listed as:
KINTBURY HOLT
Kintbury Holt Farm House)

II
Farmhouse, late C18 with C20 modifications to main entrance.

MATERIALS: Brick built, part rendered, tile roof.

PLAN: A rectangular building of two-and-a-half storeys with a hipped roof.

EXTERIOR: Principal rendered elevation, to the south-west, of three bays. Central bay of three storeys: the third storey projects above the eaves line and takes the form of a feature gable with parapets and piers. Gable window has a semi-circular head and interlocking glazing bars. Other windows are six-over-six paned sashes with cambered heads and keystones. Main central entrance through a half-glazed door protected by a C20 porch. South-east rendered elevation with flat-headed six-over-six sashes, a verandah to the ground floor and attic dormers and a brick chimney stack. Brick west elevation. North elevation has further sash windows with exposed box frames.

INTERIOR: Not inspected.

HISTORY: Hamstead Holt House was built in the late C18. It is shown in the 1877 first edition Ordnance Survey map as belonging to Kentbury Holt Farm, presumably a corruption of Kintbury, but changed its name to Hamstead Holt Farm by the time of the 1900 map. This has caused confusion with the neighbouring farm to the south-east which was known as Holt Farm in 1877 and Kintbury Holt Farm by 1900.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
Hamstead Holt House is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* A handsome late C18 farmhouse which appears relatively unaltered externally.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410774

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey