Bentleys

KINGHAM WEST STREET SP2424-2524 (South-east side) 15/160 Bentleys

GV II

House. Mid-to late C17 with minor later additions and alterations. Roughly coursed and banded limestone and marlstone rubble; stone slate roof. 2 storeys and attic. 2-window front; 3-light chamfered mullion windows with leaded lights and dripstones except for segmental-headed C20 French casement to lower left. C19 gabled dormers in roof slope to left and right. Integral end stacks rebuilt in red brick above dripstones. Earlier roof pitch visible to gable ends. All casements to back wall. Interior. Left ground-floor room has deep-chamfered spine beam with stepped ogee stops and joists. Inglenook fireplace with chamfered wood lintel has bread oven to right now lit by small paired lancet window said to have been brought from Kingham Manor House, demolished in 1920's. Plank door to left leads to oak winder staircase, which continues to attic. Chamfered ceiling beams to first-floor rooms. Attic has double butt-purlin roof in 3 bays with collar truss to left and vertical stud partition (plastered over at time of resurvey (August 1987)) to right. Chamfered purlins. [2609]

Listing NGR: SP2589824016