Description

SX 76 NE BROADHEMPSTON
1/38 Knowle including garden
- boundary wall and mounting
block to South East
GV II
Farmhouse. C18, remodelled internally circa 1830. Rubble walls, slate hung to
first floor at left-hand side. Rendered brick stacks, 1 lateral at front and 1
axial to the right. Gable end stack to wing at rear. Slate roof hipped to left and
right ends.
Unusual L-shaped plan form which is transitional from traditional 3-room and through
passage to double depth plan. To the right are 2 rooms in a row, with probably
integral dairy behind left-hand one; to their left is a stairhall and beyond it to
the left the house was originally double depth. These 2 rooms were the principal
rooms facing the garden to the left and all the rooms to the right of the entrance
hall appear to have been for service purposes. In circa 1830 the house was
remodelled internally with new fittings but the only change made to the plan was to
remove the dividing wall between the 2 principal rooms creating 1 large room.
2 storeys with cellar. Asymmetrical 3-window front of C18 wooden transomed 3 and 4-
light windows with leaded panes and mainly old glass. Stone segmental arches. Door
to left of centre is 6 panels circa early C19 with contemporary porch. Canopy on
reeded columns with reeded pilaster either side of door. Cellar window to left of
door. Front of wing at left hand end remodelled circa 1830 with regular 3-window
facade of 16-pane sashes on first floor, 24 panes on ground floor. At the right-
hand gable end a small 2-storey outbuilding is attached. At rear, stairwell and
dairy are flush with each other; arched stair window.
Interior : features mainly date from C19 remodelling. Principal room has simple
cornice with a decorative bracket probably at the position the partition wall was
removed. Marble Victorian fireplace. Entry hall and first floor landing have
reeded architraves to doorways opening out of them. Similar arch half way along
hall. The staircase has turned newels and stick balusters. The right-hand room was
probably originally the kitchen and has an open fireplace with cambered wooden
lintel supported on a corbel stone at either end.
To include rubble garden boundary wall at front of house with stone piers to gateway
which have rounded caps. Mounting block to right of gateway.
This house is interesting in its transitional plan form which appears to have
allowed more space for the service quarters than for the principal living
accommodation. It is also interesting that the unassuming C18 entrance facade to
was retained when the garden front and interior were remodelled in the C19.

Listing NGR: SX7989567508

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618824

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