Listed Building: Knights Lodge Public House (7/19)

Shown as Beenfield Town on Ordnance Survey map. Hunting lodge, then farmhouse, now public house. Mid C17 remodelled mid C18. Squared coursed and regular coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. Originally 3-unit plan. 2 storeys. 4-window range of C19 casements with ashlar dressings and gauged stone heads. C19 gabled porch to left of centre has arch head opening and C20 door. Ashlar gable parapets and ashlar stacks, with moulded cornices, at ridge and ends. Evidence of 2 builds at centre of main front. Right gable has blocked window opening and C20 lean-to porch. Rear elevation has central gabled staircase projection with 3-light stone mullion window at first floor and 2-light stone mullion attic window. Partially legible C17 datestone in apex. Rear left remodelled C20. Interior: room to left has open fireplace with bressumer, room to right has C17 style fireplace with 4-centred head. Some stop-chamfered ceiling beams. Late C17/early C18 staircase with heavy barley twist balustrade around an open well. Originally known as Beanfield Lawn.

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Dec 9 2021 9:46AM