Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge is a 17th-century timber-framed cottage that has been substantially altered and extended over subsequent centuries. The building is constructed of timber-framed square panelling with plastered infill panels, built on a brick plinth and covered with a plain clay tile roof. The windows are a mixture of Crittall and timber casements.

The building follows a rectangular plan with an off-centre cross passage and a heated room to the west end. The two-storey principal (north) elevation displays the square-panelling characteristic of the original structure. The entrance is flanked by Crittall casement windows on both the ground and first floors. The west bay has no windows. The west end cavity wall is faced in rubble stone and contains an external gable-end stack. The rear (south) elevation is timber-framed with square panelling and features five two-light timber casements to the first floor. The ground floor has a central timber casement window, with a small lean-to extension to its left that incorporates French doors. The side (east) elevation of the main house is square-panelled timber frame with three timber casement windows. The gable end reveals the roof structure, which includes a cambered tie beam with three vertical struts supporting the collar above, with vee-struts to the principal rafters.

Internally, the cross passage separates the eastern and western sections of the ground floor. To the east is a mid-20th-century timber staircase and cloakroom. To the west, a partition wall with two 20th-century doorways provides access to the living room. The living room has square panelling on its east and north walls. Two flat-chamfered ceiling beams at the east end of the living room appear to be 17th-century in date. Some timber-framing remains visible on the south wall's east end, which has been opened to provide access to the dining room extension. The south wall's west end has been partly removed to accommodate the lean-to addition with French doors.

The first floor bedrooms are formed with the cambered tie beams and vertical struts of the two central roof trusses acting as partition walls. A mid-20th-century partition wall has been inserted between the roof trusses to create a corridor serving the bedroom at the east end. The attic contains the collar and vee-struts of two 17th-century roof trusses, one of which is smoke-blackened. The upper section of the truss between these two has been replaced and consists of a collar but no vee-struts. The king-post roof truss to the west end dates from the mid-20th century.

The building has undergone significant alteration and addition during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The mid-20th-century and later additions specifically excluded from the List entry comprise: the mid-20th-century porch to the principal (north) elevation; the mid-20th-century two-storey extension to the west end; the mid-20th-century flat-roofed single-storey extension between the angle of the main house and the mid-20th-century cross wing at the rear; the mid-20th-century two-storey cross-wing to the rear and its attached late-20th-century conservatory at the south end; and the mid-20th-century lean-to extensions to the east end.