Description

WEETON WITH PREESE KIRKHAM ROAD
SD 33 SE
Knowsley Farmhouse
8/78
- (Formerly listed as
Knowsley Farm)

- II

Farmhouse, dated 1673 on east wall, altered, damaged by fire, renovated, now
house. Colour-washed brick, steeply pitched thatched roof trapped between
crow-stepped gable parapets, with ridge chimney. Two-unit baffle-entry plan.
Two storeys: former front on east side (to garden) has altered openings: 3
windows on each floor, mostly large casements with glazing bars, and at 1st
floor level over the position of the original door (now blocked) a datestone
inscribed WB (= William Bottiler). Set back at left end is single-storey
1673
extension (said to be servant accommodation, now kitchen). Right gable has
large modern casement on each floor; rear (present front) has an inserted door
to the right flanked by small windows and now with a thatched canopy, a
similar window above, and in the left bay only a stairlight and a little
window under the eaves. Interior: in housepart 2 ovolo-moulded beams, one
with an inserted partition beneath it, both with stops concealed; in service
room 2 chamfered beams, one with 2 cyma stops. History: said to have been
built for Thomas Bottiler whose son William married daughter of Earl of Derby.
(Reference: Watson and McClintock Traditional Houses of the Fylde p.64).

Listing NGR: SD3853134679

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26644282

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)