Kencot Cottage With Attached Railings, Gate, Outbuildings And Pump

Kencot Cottage is a house with attached railings, a gate, outbuildings, and a pump. The house dates from the 17th to early 18th century and was altered in the 17th century. It is constructed from rubble limestone, faced with roughcast, and has a stone slate roof. The ridge chimneys at the gables and to the right of the center were all rebuilt in the 20th century using dressed stone. The building has an outshot plan with an off-centre rear stair turret, is two storeys high with an attic, and consists of three bays.

The cottage features 19th-century three-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars and wooden lintels, along with two hipped roof dormers that have similar two-light casements. Between the right bays is a six-panelled top-lit door set within a 20th-century rustic wooden porch. The rear stair turret has a hipped roof and a tall window.

At the front of the house, there are early to mid-19th-century cast and wrought iron railings on ashlar dwarf walls with chamfered coping. The railings have spearhead finials, and the main standard posts are topped with scrolled acanthus finials. There is a matching gate.

Attached to the north end of the house is a range of outbuildings that includes a former stable, coach house, and a small barn, built at various times from the 18th to mid-19th century. The left part is made of slobbered limestone rubble with a 20th-century concrete tile roof, featuring a two-light wooden casement, a loft door at the left end, a stable door, and 20th-century double doors leading to the coach house. The barn, which is now part of Home Farm, is constructed from rubble stone banded with dressed stone and has a Welsh slate roof. It features a blocked doorway and a dovecote with ledges in the right gable end.

Attached to the front wall of the stable is a mid to late 19th-century cast iron water pump with a handle and a stone trough. The pump has a brass plaque inscribed with text from St. John and the date 1897.