Kilpeck Court Farmhouse

KILPECK CP KILPECK SO 43 SW 2/40 Kilpeck Court Farmhouse 29.9.52 GV II

Farmhouse, now sub-divided into two tenements. c1600 with later C18 and early to mid-C19 additions and alterations. Timber-framed earlier core with part wattle-and-daub and part painted brick infill on sandstone rubble plinth; sandstone rubble and red brick later alterations and additions; part tiled and part C20 concrete tiled roofs. Former L-plan house extended to south-east and to north-east; gable-end and lateral stacks. Part two storeys and part single-storey and attics, south-west front; timber-framed wing to left of four square panels from sill to wall-plate with one 2-light casement window; ledged door in angle to right. Gabled wing projects forward with 2- light casement window to first floor and 3-light window to ground floor. Central block with two gabled dormer windows and two 3-light casement windows; similar window to ground floor to left of lean-to porch and part glazed door. Gabled projecting wing to right with one 2-light casement window to first floor and similar 3-light window to ground floor. Later additions to rear now form granary to rear at north-east and extension at north-west end has part hipped roof and originally used as cider house. Interiors of both parts of house inaccessible at time of resurvey (July 1986) but believed to retain staircase with pierced and shaped balusters mentioned by RCHM. (RCHM, Vol I, p 159).

Listing NGR: SO4454830483