Knowle House

Knowle House is a rectory that has been converted into a house with an estate office. It dates from the late 18th century but has earlier origins, with additions made in the early to mid-19th century and the 20th century. The building is constructed from coursed squared stone and features a Welsh slate roof. It has two and three storeys, with a five-bay main range and a two-storey, two-bay 19th-century addition on the west end, along with a single-storey, two-bay 20th-century addition on the east end, which is not of special interest.

On the garden front, the main range shows that the three right-hand bays are three storeys high, while the two left-hand bays are two storeys and project under a catslide roof, aligning the facade with that of the 19th-century addition. The ground floor features French windows in each of the right-hand bays and a tall 12-pane sash in the left-hand bays. The upper floors have 16-pane sashes, and all openings have keyed lintels, except for the top-floor windows, which are set under the eaves and have projecting cills. The right gable has shaped kneelers and ashlar coping, and there are end stacks, with the top of the left stack rebuilt in white brick.

At the rear, the masonry of the left bay and the first floor of the rest is herringbone-tooled, indicating earlier origins. The left bay projects and has a 16-pane sash on each floor. The next bay features a gabled porch with a small two-light window, shaped kneelers, coping, and a door in the right return; to its right is a small, square, chamfered window low down, with a blocked window above. Further right, there is a 16-pane sash and a blocked window, with the former and two 12-pane sashes on the first floor having a flat arch and projecting cill. The left return of the 19th-century addition has two tall, unequally-hung 15-pane sashes on the ground floor and 12-pane sashes above, all with plain lintels and projecting cills, and the ends of tie-rods are visible at first-floor level.