Kimberly Old Barn Cottage The Old Barn

These three cottages, known as The Old Barn, Old Barn Cottage, and Kimberly, incorporate a mid- to late 17th-century core, significantly altered in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Later 19th-century modernisations occurred, with a thorough refurbishment of Kimberly in 1987-88. The construction is primarily plastered stone rubble, with some cob on stone rubble footings; brick stacks are topped with 19th and 20th-century brick. The thatched roof covers an L-shaped building. The main block faces south and contains two two-room cottages. The Old Barn is the left (west) cottage, featuring a central front entrance, a gable-end stack to the left, and an axial stack backing onto Old Barn Cottage. Old Barn Cottage's adjoining room has an axial stack, and the right (east) end room contains a large projecting gable-end stack. A rear entrance is on the rear elevation of Old Barn Cottage. Kimberly projects at right angles from the right (east) end, but does not extend as far back as the gable-end stack of Old Barn Cottage. It has a three-room plan, with an axial stack serving the front room and another on the exterior side serving an outshut; the entrance to Kimberly is into this outshut. The main block represents the result of the late 18th and early 19th-century alterations, while Old Barn Cottage retains evidence of its mid- to late 17th-century origins. A 19th-century crosswing, originally a cottage and agricultural store, has been incorporated into domestic use. All three cottages are two storeys high with secondary rear outshots. The main block's front has a four-window facade, composed primarily of 19th and 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The left section of The Old Barn features a horned 16-pane sash to the left and a 20th-century French window to the right, along with a window in the end wall. A late-19th-century four-panel door sits behind a contemporary gabled porch with an elliptical-headed arch and cusped bargeboards. Kimberly’s front has a three-window facade of late-20th-century casements with a leaded diamond pane effect, with gables over two first-floor windows. A glass-roofed conservatory, dating from the late 19th or early 20th century, is located in front of the half-hipped roof of Kimberly and is currently under reconstruction. Interiors feature plain carpentry detail where exposed. Only the right room of the main block, in Old Barn Cottage, shows evidence of 17th-century structure, with chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and a blocked fireplace. The roofs were not inspected. These three cottages contribute to a group of listed buildings in the hamlet of Kingscott.