Kencot Cottage With Attached Railings, Gate, Outbuildings And Pump

SP2404-2504 KENCOT

8/222 Kencot Cottage with attached 12/09/55 railings, gate, outbuildings and pump (Formerly listed as The Cottage)

GV II House, with attached pump, railings and outbuildings. House is C17-early C18 in origin, altered C17. Rubble limestone, faced with roughcast, with stone slate roof. Ridge chimneys to gables and to right of centre all rebuilt C20 in dressed stone. Outshot plan with off-centre rear stair turret. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. C19 3-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars and wooden lintels; 2 hipped roof dormers with similar 2-light casements. Between right bays is a 6-panelled top-lit door in C20 rustic wooden porch. Rear stair turret has hipped roof and tall window. Attached to front are early-mid C19 cast and wrought iron railings on ashlar dwarf walls with chamfered coping. Railings have spearhead finials, and main standard posts have scrolled acanthus finials. Matching gate. Attached to north end of house is a range of outbuildings, comprising former stable, coach house and small barn. Range is of various C18-mid C19 builds. Left part is of slobbered limestone rubble with C20 concrete tile roof, and has 2-light wooden casement and loft door at left end, stable door, and C20 double doors to coach house. Barn to right, now part of Home Farm, is of rubble stone banded with dressed stone and has Welsh slate roof. This has blocked doorway, and dovecote with ledges in right gable end. Attached to front wall of stable is a mid-late C19 cast iron water pump with handle and stone trough. Pump has brass plaque inscribed with text from St. John and date 1897.

Listing NGR: SP2547904752