Kentwood Farmhouse And Outhouse To East

KENTWOOD HILL 1. 5128 Tilehurst Kentwood Farmhouse and Outhouse to east SU 67 SE 16/295 22.3.57. II 2. Domesday site. Present building dated 1723. 2 storeys and attic. Red brick with black headers and platbands. Hipped old tile roof with 2 off-ridge chimneys. 2 small hipped dormers. 5 bays, segmental headed cross casement windows, with some black header bricks in voussoirs. Half-glazed door with mid-C19 gabled porch. Return to north: 3 bays, centre blind with datestone E D and dated 17 23 brick in plat band "I A W 1723", blocked central door below, 2 small hipped dormers, timber in gable end to east. Later C18 2 storey extension to east with grey brick banding and brick block cornice; hayloft lean-to to south of this extension with bressumer for beams, former pump recess below. 2 bay extension to south-east with grey brick strips and high plinth. Interior: contemporary staircase with turned balusters, wide ramped rail and straight string. The windows have oak mullions and transoms, ovolo moulded, with cast iron casements which have shaped catches and shutters. North-west ground floor room has exposed beams, wide fireplace (with small chamber off). South-west room has a circa 1780 'Adam' style chimney surround. Brick paving to rear. Picturesque weatherboarded outhouses (east wall partly flint).

Listing NGR: SU6737774444