The Lea Farmhouse

KIMBOLTON CP SO 56 SW 7/14 The Lea Farmhouse 11.6.59 II

Farmhouse. C16 or C17 with late C19 alterations. Sandstone rubble refacing of timber-framed house with Welsh slate roof with brick shafts to stacks. Rectangular plan with gable-end stack with central star plan shaft flanked by rebuilt diagonal shafts and axial stack. Entrance to south- west front. Two storeys with attics. South-west front: lean-to kitchen addition with catslide roof extends forward to left with 2-light ovolo moulded mullioned window to right-hand return, main house to right with 5-light C19 casement window to left and similar 2-light window to right. Similar 5-light window with transom lights to left and 3-light window to right of projecting C19 porch with part glazed door (this obscures an earlier formerly external battened and studded door). To the rear of the house the ovolo moulded mullioned windows survive; one 3-light and one 4- light cross-mullioned window to left and partly blocked 3-light window and further 3-light window at mezzanine level to right. Ground floor: one 5- light window, one 4-light window and one 3-light window to left of square headed doorway with pierced ledged door, 2-light casement windows to later addition to right. Interior reveals chamfered ceiling beams and a section of C17 panelling in main room. (RCHM, Vol 3, p 78).

Listing NGR: SO5382562244