Kernborough Grange is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. House. 3 related planning applications.

Kernborough Grange

WRENN ID
open-soffit-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1991
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Kernborough Grange is a house likely dating from the 16th or early 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th or early 19th century and a late 20th-century restoration. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble, with an asbestos tile roof featuring gable ends. A large, projecting lateral stack is situated at the front, incorporating a later brick shaft with a slate cowl. A smaller rendered stack is located at the right-hand end.

The original plan comprised three rooms. The central hall has a lateral stack at the front and a stair turret at the rear, while the right-hand room, originally heated by a gable-end stack, served as the inner room. The unheated left-hand room once featured a cross-passage leading to the hall, but the partition has since been removed. Later additions include a single-storey outshut built behind the left end of the house, and a single-storey wing added to the rear of the right-hand end in the 20th century. A small outbuilding attached to the front of the left end dates from the late 18th or 19th century.

The south front is asymmetrical, with a 4-5 window arrangement. The projecting lateral stack is centrally positioned; the front wall to the left is flush with the stack, while the wall to the right is set back. The windows are predominantly late 19th- and 20th-century 2-light casements with glazing bars, with two windows breaking the eaves and each topped with a small gable. A doorway to the left of the stack is sheltered by a slate lean-to canopy supported on timber cantilevers, and features a 20th-century door. A further doorway, also with a 20th-century door, is located near the right-hand end of the front. The outbuilding on the left end of the front has a hipped roof and a doorway on its right-hand side. The rear elevation displays a large circular stair turret at the centre, an outshut to its right, and a small 20th-century single-storey extension to the left.

The interior was largely restored in the late 20th century. The inner right-hand room contains a small blocked fireplace, while the hall fireplace has been reduced and has a timber lintel. The partition between the lower left-hand room and the former passage has been removed. All ceiling beams have been replaced, except for the truss in the lower left end, which retains threaded purlins. A new stone newel staircase rises from the rear of the hall.

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