Description

KELMSCOTT
Job's Close
SU2499-2599
10/70
GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Jobbs Close.
Cottage. Late C17, extended early C18 and C20. Roughly coursed limestone rubble;
stone slate roof. Original 2-cell plan extended to right (straight joint visible
to rear) in C18 and again to right in C20. One storey and attic. 3-light
chamfered stone mullion windows to left and right of roughly central boarded
door with moulded wood lintel under gabled hood to C17 part. 3-light late C19 or
early C20 gabled eaves dormers directly above windows. C18 addition has infilled
doorway with wood lintel immediately to right of junction with C17 part and
3-light mullion window to right with 3-light gabled eaves dormer directly above.
Boarded door to C20 addition. Integral end stack with dripstone to left and
ridge stack (formerly an end stack) at junction between C18 and C20 parts.
Interior. Not inspected at time of resurvey (May 1987) but noted as having
chamfered spine beans to ground-floor rooms 12 to left now knocked into one).
Inglenook fireplace to left room with bread oven to right and boarded door
probably leading (or formerly leading) to winder staircase.
[2365]

Listing NGR: SU2485599039

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26649247

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)