Description

KENTON THE STRAND, Starcross
SX 9681-9781

14/270 Kennbrook and 2 houses adjoining
at the west

GV II

Row of 3 identical adjoining houses. Probably mid C19. Colourwashed and stuccoed;
slate roof -with deep eaves, gabled at ends; end stacks to each house with rendered
shafts. Italianate.
Plan: Row of 3 double depth houses, each with an entrance to the right.
Exterior: 3 storeys. Each house identical with a one window front and a front door
to the right, all front doors C20 replacements. Ground floor rusticated, the ground
floor windows tripartite sashes with lights divided by pilasters with the sills
supported on brackets: 12-pane sash in the centre, 4-pane in the outer lights except
the left hand house which has a replacement sash'in'the centre light. First floor
canted bays with roofs with lead rolls and cornices with brackets; Kennbrook retains
sunk mouldings to the bay. First floor windows 12-pane sashes with 4-pane sashes to
the outer lights except left hand house which has later replacement timber sashes.
Round-headed tripartite sashes to the second floor each light with a keyblock and
heavy moulded architraves springing from capitals decorated with palmettes. Deep
eaves with moulded, stuccoed eaves brackets, platbands between floors, pilasters to
left and right of range and between houses.
Interior: Not inspected but may be of interest. Impressively detailed, group value
with Brunel's Italianate Pumping house opposite and to the west.

Listing NGR: SX9769881811

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26593147

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover