Description

ST OO NE KENTISBEARE
8/81 Nos 1 & 2 Kentismoor Cottages
-
II
Range of 2 cottages, originally 3 or more. Probably late C17 or C18: Kentismoor
was still a tract of wet, uncultivated land when the antiquary Sir William Pole
(1561-1635) wrote.
Roughcast cob on stone footings; hipped and gable end thatched roof.
Built as a range of single-depth Cottages; overall an L-shaped plan; no 2
(Kentismoor Cottage) was possibly the first to be built (2-room cottage, or more
likely, 2 single-roomed cottages, with external cob end stacks with ovens), with no
1 (originally 2 or more cottages) forming the longer range to the rear, and now
heated by one axial stack; this range is also single-depth and comprises 3 rooms and
a C19 or C20 lean to at the end. 2 storeys.
Exterior Front: (north) 5 window range; all first floor windows are 2-light
casements under eyebrow eaves; 4 ground floor windows and 2 doors. No. 2
(Kentismoor Cottage) faces west, 4 window range, first floor windows 2 light
casements, lintels at eaves level; 3 windows and roughly central door to ground
floor. Rear (south): 4 window range; all casement windows are late C20, those to
the first floor under eyebrow eaves.
Roof: straight, A-profile, hewn principals, pegged with halved collars.
These cottages run parallel to the roughly contemporary Nos 3 and 4 Kentismoor
Cottages (q.v.), and together form a striking group. Fireplaces with chamfered
lintels.

Listing NGR: ST0604007315

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26684258

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)