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Knowsley Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Weeton-with-Preese, Lancashire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8048 / 53°48'17"N

Longitude: -2.9348 / 2°56'5"W

OS Eastings: 338531

OS Northings: 434679

OS Grid: SD385346

Mapcode National: GBR 7SYF.DV

Mapcode Global: WH859.WMMK

Plus Code: 9C5VR338+W3

Entry Name: Knowsley Farmhouse

Listing Date: 11 June 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1362388

English Heritage Legacy ID: 183648

ID on this website: 101362388

Location: Weeton, Fylde, Lancashire, PR4

County: Lancashire

District: Fylde

Civil Parish: Weeton-with-Preese

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Weeton St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Blackburn

Tagged with: Farmhouse Thatched farmhouse

Description


WEETON WITH PREESE KIRKHAM ROAD SD 33 SE Knowsley Farmhouse 8/78 - (Formerly listed as Knowsley Farm)

- II

Farmhouse, dated 1673 on east wall, altered, damaged by fire, renovated, now house. Colour-washed brick, steeply pitched thatched roof trapped between crow-stepped gable parapets, with ridge chimney. Two-unit baffle-entry plan. Two storeys: former front on east side (to garden) has altered openings: 3 windows on each floor, mostly large casements with glazing bars, and at 1st floor level over the position of the original door (now blocked) a datestone inscribed WB (= William Bottiler). Set back at left end is single-storey 1673 extension (said to be servant accommodation, now kitchen). Right gable has large modern casement on each floor; rear (present front) has an inserted door to the right flanked by small windows and now with a thatched canopy, a similar window above, and in the left bay only a stairlight and a little window under the eaves. Interior: in housepart 2 ovolo-moulded beams, one with an inserted partition beneath it, both with stops concealed; in service room 2 chamfered beams, one with 2 cyma stops. History: said to have been built for Thomas Bottiler whose son William married daughter of Earl of Derby. (Reference: Watson and McClintock Traditional Houses of the Fylde p.64).

Listing NGR: SD3853134679

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