Kencot Manor Manor Lodge, And Attached Gatepier

Kencot Manor and Manor Lodge is a group of buildings, originally a house and service wing, now divided into two separate residences. The site includes an attached gatepier. The property’s development occurred between the 17th and 19th centuries, with alterations made across the periods. The rear wings date back to the 17th century, while a front wing was constructed in the mid-18th century. A further extension was added in the late 18th century, and a service wing was built in the early 19th century. The construction primarily uses coursed rubble limestone, with stone slate roofs and ashlar chimneys featuring moulded cornices.

The front wing is two storeys and an attic, spanning three bays. It was formerly rendered, and now features ashlar quoins, a chamfered plinth, and flat gable copings; the left gable has a small ball finial. The first floor contains three-pane boxed sash windows within late 18th- to early 19th-century moulded stone architraves (two of which have been renewed in the 20th century). A two-pane sash window occupies the ground floor left, and a 20th-century French door is positioned on the right; both are in similar surrounds with relieving arches. There are three gabled roof dormers, each containing 20th-century paired barred wooden casements. A flat-roofed porch projection with a wooden cornice and leaded glazing was added to the centre of the ground floor in the early to mid-20th century. To the right are two additional late 18th-century bays, featuring three-pane sashes and gabled roof dormers. A lower early 19th-century wing, two storeys and two and a half bays, sits to the right of this, with wooden casements and a 20th-century door. The rear wing incorporates chamfered stone mullion windows, alongside other 20th-century windows that mimic the original style. A colonnade of reused 18th- to 19th-century stone Doric columns is located on the south side of the rear wing.

The interior has undergone considerable alteration, but retains a 17th- to 18th-century fireplace in a rear room, characterized by dressed stone jambs and a heavy wooden lintel. Additionally, there’s an 18th-century staircase at the centre of the front wing, displaying heavy turned balusters and a moulded handrail.

The gatepier, dating to the early to mid-18th century and constructed of ashlar, features moulded panels, a base, and capital, topped with a large ball finial. It is part of a pair, with another gatepier located approximately 5 metres to the south-east of Kencot Manor.