Red Stack

TL 4033 ANSTEY THE KNOLL (West side)

6/13 Red Stack -

GV II

House. Later C17. Timber frame on stuccoed base, roughcast with steep old red tile roofs. 1½ storeys, 3-cells, internal chimney, lobby entry plan house facing E with C19 or C20 N bay and gabled rear wing at NW. 4 windows long with 3 tall gabled dormer windows at the eaves, 3-light flush casement windows with small panes, and plank door in middle. 2-light casement windows in dormers. Tall rectangular central chimney with ovolo capping to rectangular lower stage topped by 6 conjoined diagonal shafts. 2 similar dormers at rear with small window under eaves to light stair beside chimney. Interior has 2 heated rooms with back-to-back fireplaces, the room to S of stack is the hall with narrow, service room at S end originally 2 small rooms. Rear wall has surprisingly late Kentish framing with slightly curved tension braces. The roof is constructed with collar trusses and no tie-beams between gable ends. Trusses in partitions flanking the stack and at room divisions below. Upper chambers not originally heated. Face-halved bladed scarf in wallplate by stair. Chamfered axial floor beams and open fireplace lintols. A C17 house of special interest for its plan and construction. (Bailey (1980)21: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL4060733115