MSO10760 - The Knapp, Tivington (Building)

A 16th Century farmhouse, enlarged in the 17th and 19th Centuries and built of rubble and cob, which has been rendered. The interior is said to contain three pairs of cruck trusses with very large bay lengths.

Farmhouse, now dwelling. C16, enlarged C17, altered and enlarged mid C19. Rendered and roughcast rubble and cob, triple ridge tile roofs, large lateral stack beside left gable end, on left return and at right gable end. Plan: original block lying north-south enlarged to east, C19 cross wing added north-east corner. North front: 2 storeys, 1:2:1 bays; gable fronted outer bays, first floor left 3-light octagonal mullioned window, centre leaded iron casement, small C20 window right, wooden casement right gable end, ground floor left 3-light ovolo moulded mullioned window, 3-light C19 Tudor arch head casement right, semicircular headed door frame, possibly reset, and plank door, 2-light Tudor arch head window right, also in re-entrant angle. Long left return of 3 bays, possibly originally longer since the walls continue south. Interior: not seen but said to contain 3 pairs of cruck trusses in west range with very large bay lengths, ovolo moulded lintel to lateral stack fireplace. (Photograph in NMR; VAG Report, unpublished SRO, February 1980). [1,9] The jointed cruck roof was dated using dendrochronology to the summer of 1509. [2,10] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 265541. First Listed on 22/05/1969. [3] L-plan. Earth, Render, roughcast and pebbledash walls. Cruck, Gabled roof [4] The building was visited in May 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. It received a BAR score of 6. [5] Knapp House is depicted and labelled on 2020 MasterMap data. [6] Additional bibliography. [7] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [8] The building was assessed as part of the 2018-19 rapid condition survey of Exmoor’s Listed Buildings, receiving a BAR score of 6. [9]