Granary north-west of Knighton House
Knighton Lane, Knighton, Canford Magna, Bournemouth, BH21 3AS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431765
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Granary north-west of Knighton House
- Statutory Address:
- Knighton Lane, Knighton, Canford Magna, Bournemouth, BH21 3AS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1431765
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Granary north-west of Knighton House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Knighton Lane, Knighton, Canford Magna, Bournemouth, BH21 3AS
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:
- Knighton Lane, Knighton, Canford Magna, Bournemouth, BH21 3AS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Poole
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ0500697717
Summary
A granary of mid- to late-C19 date.
Reasons for Designation
The granary to the north-west of Knighton House, which was built in the mid- to late C19, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: as a good and little-altered example of a two-bay granary on staddle stones;
* Degree of survival: it retains a significant proportion of original fabric, including a substantially complete timber frame and roof structure.
History
The granary is part of a group of farm buildings at Knighton House which is situated within the hamlet of Knighton and set within a large landholding. The house was built in the C17 and documentary sources indicate that for much of the C17 and C18 it was owned by the Humfrey family and known historically as Knighton Park. By 1858 it was called Knighton Park Farm and came to be known by its current name by 1928. The first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1811 depicts a group of farm buildings to the north of the house; though some had been demolished by the mid-C19, and others have since been altered and extended. The granary is first depicted on the 1888 Ordnance Survey map.
Details
A granary of mid- to late-C19 date.
MATERIALS: timber-framed construction, covered in weatherboarding, under a half-hipped, plain tiled roof which is surmounted by a weather vane.
PLAN: it is rectangular on plan.
DESCRIPTION: a building of two floors, and raised off the ground by staddle stones. There is an entrance on the west side with a plank door. The loft floor has a timber window set within an opening which has been reduced in size, possibly a former ventilation louvre, and in the gable top is a probable owl hole with a perch. The interior is closely boarded and the chamfered ceiling beam is carried on bracketed upright posts. An opening in the ceiling provides access to the upper floor, and the two-bay roof has a single principal rafter and purlins; there is some timber reinforcing.
Sources
Other
Forum Heritage Services, April 2015, Knighton House, Knighton Lane, Knighton, Dorset: Heritage Statement
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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