The Hermitage

KEMERTON CP UPPER KEMERTON SO 9437 - 9537 9/89 21/122 The Hermitage 21-4-80 - II

Shown on OS Map as The Cottage/The Hermitage. Row of three or four houses, now one dwelling. Probably late C17, extended c1800 with late C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble and thatched roof, half-hipped at west end, with a brick ridge stack and a C20 rubble stack to south of ridge. Five bays aligned east/west (the two east bays and the west end bay are c1800 additions). Single storey and attic with dormers. South front elevation: windows are mainly C20 casements. There are two 2-light windows, two rectangular lights and a 3-light C19 casement on the ground floor and five eyebrow dormers, two with 2-light windows, two with 3-light windows and one with a C19 single-light window. One ground floor window has been replaced with a pair of C20 glazed doors. The main entrance is presently at the east gable end and has a flat canopy on brackets and a C20 stable door. The attic window above the entrance is a 2-light chamfered mullioned window and has a hoodmould with returns. The north elevation facing the road has a central 2-light casement with an eyebrow dormer and 2-light casement above. Interior: there is said to be some internal timber-framing.

Listing NGR: SO9491737774