Description

SE 3457 KNARESBOROUGH CHURCH LANE
(west side)
6/102
No 2 (St John's House)
5.2.52 (formerly listed as
No 2 St John's Cottage)

GV II

House. C16 with later alterations. Timber frame and stone, pantile roof.
2 storeys, 3 bays, with aisle along west side. Ground floor cased in grit stone,
upper floor is timber framed, with large curved braces and close studding. 6-
panel door with gabled hood between bays 3 and 4, flanked by 3-light C20 windows.
Bay 1 has 2 large C20 windows with small panes, one in former door position.
First floor: 2 windows of 2 lights and 1 window of 3 lights; slightly projecting
frames, all renewed mid C20. End stacks and stack between bays 2 and 3, all
rendered. Rear: rendered walls, C20 door and windows. Aisle roof of pantiles
with lowest courses of stone slate. Left return: rendered and lined. C20
window first floor, right; small attic window above. Right return: side-sliding
sash with glazing bars to ground and first floors. Timber framing visible at
first floor and gable. Large stone external stack, rendered. Interior: beams
and joists survive. Large stone fireplace between bays 1 and 2 with monolithic
mantle block. Stairs, probably repositioned, at rear of house, have fine turned
balusters of C17 type. Upper rooms ceiled over at collar height. North
Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report Number 39 (1970).

Listing NGR: SE3471357359

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26442780

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)