Kensworth House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.
Kensworth House
- WRENN ID
- drifting-newel-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kensworth House, LU6 3QZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 043 185
- Coordinates
- 51.85579, -0.48643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kensworth House is a late 19th-century building featuring roughcast exterior. The main block is two storeys high with a hipped Welsh slate roof. To the right, there is a one-storey extension that has a half-hipped roof. The ground floor is adorned with five full-height sash windows that have fine glazing bars, and there is a decorative band on the first floor. The entrance porch is supported by columns and has a decorated canopy. On the left side and part of the rear of the main block, there is an open verandah with wooden tracery. Inside, the house includes a staircase and some windows that are believed to have been taken from a house in Baling where Queen Victoria lived as a child.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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