6 Main Street

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SP48SE 8/15

MONKS KIRBY MAIN STREET (East side) No 6

(Formerly listed as No.8)

GV II

House. C16/early C17; largely rebuilt and altered C19; late C20 alterations. Timber framed with infill, underbuilding and rebuilding of Flemish bond brick. Plain-tile roof; brick right end and two ridge stacks. T-plan with cross wing on left. Two storeys; three-window range. C20 open porch in angle has hipped plain-tile roof. Eight-panelled door in right return side of cross wing. Two-window main range of brick has late C20 two- and three-light casements. Central casement inserted in former doorway. Ground-floor openings have brick segmental arches. Cross wing has C19 three-light casements with glazing bars, flanked by single lights to ground floor. First floor has massive corner posts. Gable has exposed framing.

Left return side has exposed framing to first floor.

Interior has straight-flight staircase with moulded handrails, newels with finials and cut-out splat balusters to first floor. Room to left has broad-chamfered ceiling beam and altered open fireplace with moulded bressumer. First floor has some exposed framing. Old plank doors, some imported from elsewhere. Queen strut roof.

Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP4641083096