Knotcross Farmhouse

ASHOVER SK36SE KNOTCROSS ROAD 1264-0/8/64 (North side) 31/01/67 Knotcross Farmhouse II House. Early C17, with C20 alterations and additions. Coursed squared and rubble gritstone with ashlar dressings, coped gables with moulded kneelers, a central ridge stack, and a concrete tiled roof. T-plan house, with central lobby entrance. South elevation of 2 storeys with attics and 3 bays, with a central doorway within a chamfered quoined surround, with a substantial lintel beneath a drip mould. To the west, a restored 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned window. To the east, a similar 4-light window, both beneath drip moulds. At first floor level, a small single-light opening sits above the doorway, flanked by restored 4-light recessed chamfered mullioned windows. To the west end, a further 2-light window. All joinery, including a planked door with a glazed panel to the upper half, is of C20 date and stained. The west gable has a single C17 light with moulded surround to the apex. The rear wing has 2 and 3-light chamfered mullioned windows, without hoodmoulds. C20 flat-roofed infil extension between rear range and western part of main range. INTERIOR: heavily beamed ceilings throughout with exposed floor joists. Central stack incorporates 2 hearths, that to the western hall with wide cambered lintel, that to the eastern parlour with a more modestly sized plain surround. C17 square panelling in a first floor bedroom, and the remnant of a C17 winder stair to the attic floor.

Listing NGR: SK3560460503