Building record 399 - Kennelwood, Whitchurch Road

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Summary

A seventeenth century timber framed house with a H-shaped plan. The central part of the house has been rebuilt in the twentieth century in brick. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the seventeenth century. It was therefore the most practical material for house building. Timber framed buildings consist of a wooden framework (usually oak) that was infilled to created solid walls. Infill material used included wattle and daub, lath and plaster, brick and weather board. Brick nogging, (decorative brick infill) was often used in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting.

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<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57063 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

House. Seventeenth century. Timber framed with brick infill and brick with a slate roof Two storeys. H-shaped plan. Entrance front: Central range of renewed twentieth century brick with timber framed wings to either side, that at left having a jettied gable with ovolo moulded jetty. Deep plinths to the wings supporting six by two cells of small framing to each side with an angle brace at right of the right hand wing. Timber framed gables above. The fenestration is all of twentieth century date and consists of three-light casements windows with one single-light window and a half-glazed doorway at left of centre. The right hand side has three by three cells of snub framing and a brick chimney stack with offset. The left hand side and rear have been entirely rebuilt.

INTERIOR: Chamfered ceiling beam to ground and first floor rooms and exposed trusses having arched braces rising to collar beams. To the lower edges of these trusses are moulded brackets brought in from elsewhere.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 57063. [Mapped features: #39406 57063; #63262 57063]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 604 445 (17m by 19m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ64SW
Civil Parish NEWHALL, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County NEWHALL, ACTON, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Dec 3 2024 8:53AM