Knapton House

Knapton House is a house dating from around 1800. It is constructed of gault brick with a slate roof. The east-facing facade is two storeys high and arranged in five bays, with the second and fourth bays projecting forward. The facade is emphasised by four colourwashed giant Ionic pilasters, the capitals elaborately decorated with acanthus leaves. A central panelled door is accessed via a semi-circular porch supported by two Roman Doric columns and pilasters. A fanlight sits above the door, and an iron balustrade above the porch. The ground floor has round-headed sash windows with glazing bars, each set beneath a gauged arch; two central windows are recessed within arched openings. The first floor features four sash windows with glazing bars, with a central balcony door set within a rendered architrave. A deep timber eaves cornice is dentiled in the centre before a pediment. The roof is hipped with two symmetrically positioned stacks on the rear slope. The side returns are also characterised by giant corner pilasters and bowed walls; the wall bows shallowly to the south and deeply to the north. A rear block has an irregular, mostly square plan, with square-headed sash windows with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. The eaves cornice and roofline match those of the front facade.