Kitchens Farmhouse

GAMLINGAY CHURCH END TL 2452 (South east side) 12/41 No 20 Kitchens Farmhouse 7.2.80

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C17, extended C18 at rear. Timber framed, plaster and roughcast rendered, some brick. Plain tiled roofs with red brick chimney stack of three conjoined diagonally set shafts on a rectangular base with moulded cornice. The stack has largely been rebuilt. End stack to north east end. Hall and crosswing plan. Two storeys. One first floor three-light, C19 wood casement and two modern casements in small openings at ground floor. Baffle entry doorway has a lean-to porch. The south west crosswing has a modern window to each storey. The C18 additions at the rear are red brick, painted and tiled. There is a C18 brewhouse at the front. Timber framed, and brick. Interior: Stop chamfered main beams. Back to back inglenooks. Clasped side purlin roofs and downward wall bracing. North east gable has long straight wind bracing to the roof. Jowled post heads. The house was probably built 1664 by Christopher Charnock. It was the Rose Inn (later known as the Rose and Crown). An inventory of Richard Collins d.1692 identifies the hall, parlour and kitchen with chambers over the brewhouse and lists the contents.

RCHM: West Cambs mon (10) C Brown: Mss Notes

Listing NGR: TL2433752446