The Ley Arms

KENN KENN SX 98 SW

2/171 The Ley Arms

11.11.52 II

GV

Public house. C17 origins, thorough C20 remodelling and extension following a fire in the 1980s. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone rubble ; thatched roof, gabled at ends ; left end stack, axial stack (formerly right end). Plan: Alterations have obscured the details of the early plan but it is likely to have been a 2 room and through passage arrangement with heated rooms to left and right. The original building has been extended at both ends, a 1 room plan addition at the right end and a long late C20 single-storey thatched addition at the left end. C20 rear right single-storey wing with a flat roof. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4:1 window front (the one window to the right end addition) with a front door to left of centre. C20 timber small pane casements. The rear elevation has casement windows and one C20 bow window. Interior: The left end fireplace has sandstone jambs and a timber lintel with scroll stops ; the right end fireplace has a brick and iron lintel. Exposed carpentry is C20. One of Swete's views of Kenn in 1795 shows one end of the building.

Swete "Picturesque Sketches of Devon", vol. 11 (1795), MS held by the Devon Record Office.

Listing NGR: SX9223485601