Description

SE 4387 KNAYTON WITH BRAWITH MAIN ROAD
5/16 (west side)

Hamilton House

II

House and cottage. Two builds, probably late C17. Coursed squared sandstone.
Steeply-pitched, swept pantile roof, raised verge with ashlar coping and shaped
kneeler to left gable ashlar, coping to right. End stone stacks to each dwelling,
partly rebuilt in brick. Two storeys, house 2 bays, cottage to left one bay.
Chamfered plinth to ground floor cill level. House: central 4-panel door with
replaced stone lintel. Cottage: glazed door with chamfered lintel. Windows: one C19
12-pane sash to first floor of house, otherwise C20 glazing throughout. Remains of
stone lintels with keystones to 3 windows. Interior: chamfered bressummer with
tongued stops to cottage fireplace. House has early C18 closed-string, dog-leg
staircase with turned balusters and moulded handrail, the newels rectangular with
moulded-base pendants and a curved bracket to the bottom newel.

Listing NGR: SE4321587895

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534145

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)