Knott Oak House And Attached Outbuildings To The Right

Knott Oak House is a house composed of an early 18th-century block to the right and a mid-19th-century block to the left, with attached outbuildings to the right. The early 18th-century block is constructed of limestone rubble with slate roofing and is two units in plan. The mid-19th-century block has a thatched roof and a double-depth plan and is two storeys high. Its symmetrical front has a three-window range. A projecting Tuscan porch of Ham Hill stone shelters a wide door with three long panels above and three short ones below. Above the porch is a three-light stone mullioned casement window. Ground floor canted bays flank the sides, featuring two-over-two pane sash windows. Above these are wide pointed-arch stone mullioned windows, three lights, with Gothic-style intersecting glazing bars to the top. These windows break through the eaves, forming half-dormers with fretted bargeboards and pendants. The right side of the early 18th-century block features a wide planked door with an inserted window, alongside a three-light stone mullioned casement window to the right and a taller, four-light window to the left, all with plate glass. The mullions are square section with beaded edges. The rear of the mid-19th-century block has small three-light casements under wooden lintels, although a large sash stair window in the centre suggests a possible remodelling of an older building. Internally, the early 18th-century block has a flagstone floor and features a large, flat-arched stone fireplace with a keystone against the far right wall. Original latches are found on the planked doors. The mid-19th-century block has a wide hall with an open-well staircase, panelled reveals to the doorcase of the left-hand room, and a reeded cast-iron hob-grate in a slate surround. Four units of outbuildings, constructed of similar materials and likely dating to the 19th century, are attached to the right; the two closest to the house are heated.