Kates Cabin

CHESTERTON GREAT NORTH ROAD TL 1295 (West Side) 13/24 Kates Cabin II Farmhouse, formerly an inn. Dated 1819 on plaque, later additions and alterations. Painted brick; Collyweston stone slated roofs and Welsh slated roof. Two ridge stacks to front range and rear range, and gable end stack to right hand, of gault brick with stepped cornices and two with divided stack. Two storeys, double pile plan with front range of three 'bays' extended to north. Panelled door to left of centre with flat canopy supported on shaped brackets; two niches with rounded heads on either side and recessed boot scraper. Plaque above door, lozenge shaped with scalloped decoration and 'IW, 1819' inscribed and painted black. Large square-planned bay window to left hand and one recessed hung sash window and one casement window to right hand both with cambered brick arches; boarded door to extension. Three first floor recessed hung sash windows also with cambered brick arches. Sawtooth brick eaves cornice. Kates Cabin, formerly The Dryden's Head Inn, had an inn sign of the poet's head reputed to have been painted by Bearley.

Sale catalogue. 1913 HRO Inskip Ladds Collection. Norris Museum, St Ives.

Listing NGR: TL1304395663