Knapp Cottage

PAINSWICK KNAP LANE SO 8609/8709 (east side)

7/152 21.10.55 Knapp Cottage (formerly listed as Knap Orchard House) GV II House alongside the road. C17 with C20 modifications. Large squared and coursed limestone blocks, stone slate roof. A cross-gabled cottage to which a lower wing is added left, and a C20 stair turret in half-cylindrical turret at the back, probably by Detmar Blow, as part of the modifications made when the attached Knap Orchard House (qv) was built in 1926. Twp storeys and attic, with gable, left, to street with 2-light recessed chamfer casements at 3 levels, under stopped hoods; to right are two single lights, also with hoods. To left, in lower unit are 1:3: door: 2-light under a stepped hood mould; plank door. Right gabled return, towards the valley, has 2 over 3 over 3-light recessed chamfer mullioned casements with hoods, and garden front has a 2-light lancet over 2 over 3-light casements in gable, with a quadrant connection to the later house. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8674409318