Description

KINGHAM WEST STREET
SP2424-2524 (South-east side)
15/160 Bentleys

GV II

House. Mid-to late C17 with minor later additions and alterations. Roughly
coursed and banded limestone and marlstone rubble; stone slate roof. 2 storeys
and attic. 2-window front; 3-light chamfered mullion windows with leaded lights
and dripstones except for segmental-headed C20 French casement to lower left.
C19 gabled dormers in roof slope to left and right. Integral end stacks rebuilt
in red brick above dripstones. Earlier roof pitch visible to gable ends. All
casements to back wall. Interior. Left ground-floor room has deep-chamfered
spine beam with stepped ogee stops and joists. Inglenook fireplace with
chamfered wood lintel has bread oven to right now lit by small paired lancet
window said to have been brought from Kingham Manor House, demolished in 1920's.
Plank door to left leads to oak winder staircase, which continues to attic.
Chamfered ceiling beams to first-floor rooms. Attic has double butt-purlin roof
in 3 bays with collar truss to left and vertical stud partition (plastered over
at time of resurvey (August 1987)) to right. Chamfered purlins.
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Listing NGR: SP2589824016

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495875

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version