Description

TL 3243 BASSINGBOURN-CUM-KNEESWORTH SOUTH END
(East Side)
20/78
No. 43

GV II

House, formerly labourers cottages. Circa 1500 partly rebuilt mid to late C16
with C17, C18 and C19 alterations and additions. Timber-framed and plastered;
plain tiled roof, red brick ridge stack. C19 gault brick and slated roof.
Two storeys, long jetty to south; C19 two storey extension to north. Original
two bay hall and hall chamber apparently unheated with service room to west of
cross passage. Reconstructed in mid to late C16 and with large stack inserted
shortly after, backing onto cross passage. Service partition, and hearth
inserted into cross passage possibly in late C18 or early C19. South
elevation: Boarded door to left hand and blocked doorway to right hand. The
first floor windows include one original mullioned window; two ground floor
casement windows. (First floor west gable window with original moulded cill).
The building may have been associated with land held in Bassingbourn by
Westminster Abbey from 1503.

RCHM Report 1950
VCH Vol VIII p.18

Listing NGR: TL3323243534

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456996

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)