Knells House
KNELLS HOUSE, THE KNELLS, CA6 4JG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1087732
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Knells House
- Statutory Address:
- KNELLS HOUSE, THE KNELLS, CA6 4JG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1087732
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Knells House
- Statutory Address 1:
- KNELLS HOUSE, THE KNELLS, CA6 4JG
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- KNELLS HOUSE, THE KNELLS, CA6 4JG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stanwix Rural
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 41387 60572
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 01/02/17
NW 46 SW,
2/71
STANWIX RURAL,
HOUGHTON,
Knells House
(Formerly listed as: The Knells (Flats Nos 1 to 7)
II
House. Date given as 1824 for John Dixon. Sandstone ashlar walls, lead hipped
slate roof. two storeys, three bays entrance facade, five bays to south-east facade.
Stepped tetrastyle entrance portico with plain Ionic columns, moulded
entablature and cornice: plain entrance surround with moulded projecting
cornice on scrolled console brackets. Hollow-chamfered tripartite window
surrounds to ground floor with cornice on scrolled console brackets: single
windows to upper floor with plain surrounds and principal window with cornice on
scrolled console brackets. Rusticated plinth courses, plain string course,
dentilled and moulded cornice with parapet. South-east facade has double-bay
pediments flanking recessed entrance bay: squared pilaster surrounds to
entrance supporting moulded cornice. Ashlar chimney stacks. Sold by the Dixon
family in 1872 and was divided into seven flats when surveyed. Colvin's, Dictionary of British
Architects, 1978, records work done by John Dobson for John Dixon at The Knells
in 1845.
Listing NGR: NY4138760572
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 77652
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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