Description

KENN KENN
SX 98 SW

2/171 The Ley Arms

11.11.52
II

GV

Public house. C17 origins, thorough C20 remodelling and extension following a fire
in the 1980s. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone rubble ; thatched roof, gabled at
ends ; left end stack, axial stack (formerly right end).
Plan: Alterations have obscured the details of the early plan but it is likely to
have been a 2 room and through passage arrangement with heated rooms to left and
right. The original building has been extended at both ends, a 1 room plan addition
at the right end and a long late C20 single-storey thatched addition at the left end.
C20 rear right single-storey wing with a flat roof.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4:1 window front (the one window to the right end
addition) with a front door to left of centre. C20 timber small pane casements. The
rear elevation has casement windows and one C20 bow window.
Interior: The left end fireplace has sandstone jambs and a timber lintel with scroll
stops ; the right end fireplace has a brick and iron lintel. Exposed carpentry is
C20.
One of Swete's views of Kenn in 1795 shows one end of the building.

Swete "Picturesque Sketches of Devon", vol. 11 (1795), MS held by the Devon Record
Office.

Listing NGR: SX9223485601

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618630

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)