Description

WIGGATON
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1481
Knightstone, Knightstone Road
SY 19 SW 6/91 28.4.52.
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2.
C14 and later, 2 storey, stone building facing west, 2 gabled wings, on
either side with 2 storey porch attached to right wing. On right is
extension with rendered walls believed to contain parts of the old chapel
for which a licence was given by Bishop Brantingham in 1381. Blank 2-light window, with old oak mullions and trefoil heads, in the wall. Over the porch
is date stone with initials of Gideon Sharman and wife 1563. The house was
bought by his father. It had been the property of Thos. Grey, Marquis of
Dorset, whose wife built the Dorset aisle in the Church and was the
grandmother of Lady Jane Grey. Left of porch are 2 large 9-light stone
mullion transom windows, lighting large hall left of passage. Fine timbered
roof and perfect deep plaster frieze with grotesque figures. 2 stone 4-
centred doorways on the north wall. Passage, with 2 old doors, leads
through the house. At the rear, 2 long wings, one of which has pigeon holes
with alighting perches. House recently carefully restored, and is a fine
example of a C16 mansion. Other old features remain. NMR.

Listing NGR: SY1072194156

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Knightstone at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17526094

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)