Description

ULCOMBE KNOWLE HILL
TQ 84 NE
6/186 Knowle Hill
House
26.4.68
II

Farmhouse. Dated 1736, possibly with earlier core. Rear
wing timber-framed, with coursed galletted stone to ground
floor and tile-hung first floor. Front range yellowish brick
with red brick dressings, in Flemish bond. Plain tile roof.
Timber-framed range parallel to road, facing east, with 1736
block at right-angles to south. C18 range: 2 storeys and
attics on brick plinth. Plat bands above ground and first
floors, interrupted by 4 plain full-height brick pilasters
which extend to top of plain low parapet. Hipped roof, right
hip returning. Slightly projecting gable and stacks. 2
flat-roofed dormers. Regular 3-window front of segmental-
headed 12-pane glazing-bar sashes; voussoirs to outer windows
splayed, and to central window elliptical. Segmental-headed
ground-floor windows. Central door of 3 fielded panels up
3 steps under shallow cut brick "hood". Dated SB over central
17
36
first-floor window. Rear return wing to right: 2 storeys on
stone plinth. Gable end stack. Two broadly-spaced 12-pane
glazing-bar sashes. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ8597149373

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628026

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)