Description

MIDDLETON TYAS KNEETON NZ 20 NW

2/58 Kneeton Hall and attached outbuilding to north 19.2.51 & 4.2.69 [Formerly listed as Kneeton Hall and outbuilding on north of Kneeton Hall separately] - II

Farmhouse and attached outbuilding. Late C16, C17 and early C18. Rubble with ashlar dressings, pantile roof. 2 storeys with attics, 5-bay main range with rear wing and cross wing to left, and 2-bay outbuilding to right. Main range, north elevation: quoins to right. Central 4-panel door below overlight in architrave with bases and moulding behind outer edge, pulvinated frieze and cornice. 4-pane sash windows in architraves. Shaped kneeler and ashlar coping to right. Ashlar end stacks. To right, outbuilding of 2 lower storeys. Ground floor, from left: C20 metal garage door in quoined coach-house doorway with ashlar segmental-pointed arch; board door in architrave with torus and scotia moulding on bases; 2 first- floor shuttered openings with chamfered surrounds, formerly mullioned and stanchioned. Shaped kneeler and ashlar coping to right. To left, gabled cross wing projecting forward: quoins. 3-light mullion window on ground floor; 3-light mullion and transom window on first floor; 3-light mullion window in gable, all chamfered. Kneelers, moulded coping to gable. To left, added roughcast 2-storey lean-to with, in gable end, ex-situ door-head with weathered lettering on chamfer, probably dated 1597. Large external stack in centre of left return of cross wing rises up through lean-to roof. Right return of cross wing: board door in chamfered surround. Rear, south elevation of rear wing: quoins. Ground floor, from left: double-chamfered surround of 2-light mullion window (mullion missing); 6-panel door in chamfered surround; two 4-pane sash windows in architraves; blocked double- chamfered cross window. First floor: 4-pane sash window in architrave at landing level; 2 chamfered cross windows, the third blocked. Shaped kneelers, ashlar coping. To left, set back, rear of main range: quoins to left. Blocked surrounds of single-light windows on first and second floors. To right, set back, rear of cross wing: quoins to right. 3-light mullion window on ground floor; 3-light mullion and transom window on first floor; blocked 3-light mullion window in gable, all chamfered; moulded coping and remains of finial. Left return of rear wing: blocked 2-light chamfered mullion window in gable. Right return of rear wing: 2-light mullion window on ground floor; blocked cross window on fist floor; blocked 2-light mullion window in gable, all chamfered. Interior: panelled shutters to C18 windows. In rear wing, C18 staircase with turned balusters of octagonal columns tapering downwards to vases. A plain square-headed doorway dated AD 1597, with illegible letters and the date 1616 above the door-head is mentioned in VCH i, p192.

Listing NGR: NZ2136806879

External Links

• Kneeton Hall And Attached Outbuilding To North at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26424528

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