Description

KNOTTINGLEY HILL TOP
SE42SE
(north side, off
5/35 No. 23 (Pear Tree
- Cottage)
- II

Probably former kitchen to former Manor House; now house. C17 or earlier;
altered. Magnesian limestone rubble, rendered; slate roof. Formerly single-
cell plan, 1½ storeys now 2½ storeys with lean-to additions off north and
east sides. All openings altered, doorway now at left side south front; one
window on each floor to the right; left return wall has one window on each
floor, that at ground floor in restored original opening. The principal
features of interest are in the interior; which has a very deep inglenook
fireplace with massive stop-chamfered lintel, original tapering chimney with
rubble smoke head, 2 arched bread ovens in the right hand side of the rear
wall and a similar opening of uncertain purpose in the heck wall to the left;
a board door to the left of the heck; a stop-chamfered spine beam supported
on a timber pad an the bessummer, and exposed joists; restored 3-light
window in west wall, with original jambs and lintel, and restored wooden
diamond mullions, and on the left splay of this window, a graffito of a
sailing boat (perhaps C18 or earlier).

Listing NGR: SE4984923989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26528630

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Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)