Description

DIPTFORD

SX75SW
8/231 CURTISKNOWLE
No 1 (Curtisknowle
Cottage)

II

Estate cottage. Circa 1840 with late C19 or early C20 wing and mid C20
exterior. Slate rubble partly slate-hung on ground floor left and slate
hung left hand side. Asbestos slate roof with gabled ends slate hung stack
on left hand gable end.
Plan. originally a 2-room plan cottage with a central entrance. The room
to the right is unheated and the left hand room has a gable end stack. In
the late C19 or early C20 a wing was added behind the left hand room with a
gable end stack and an integral outshut in the angle. In circa 1950 the
outshut was heightened to 2 storeys.
Exterior: 2 storeys. 2 window range. C19 2-light casements with glazing
bars, cambered red brick arches and slate cills. Central doorway with a
C19 panelled door and a C19 open-fronted gabled porch with a slate roof.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX7356153919

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506469

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  For the Record
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)