Building record 1554400000 - Cockpit Hole Farmhouse, Cockpit Road, Great Kingshill

Farmhouse and adjoining barn. Early-C19 with the house extended to adjoin the barn in the late-C19.
Reasons for Designation:
Cockpit Hole Farmhouse and attached barn, probably dating from around 1830, are listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
- as a good example of a modest, pre-1850, vernacular farmhouse of good-quality craftsmanship with its contemporary threshing barn which, unusually, retains its threshing floor;
- the house and barn are largely unaltered externally apart from the addition of a late-C19 link range and retain a significant proportion of their historic fabric;
- the house retains its simple original plan and, despite the loss of some fixtures, contains a good level of its original fittings including its stair, doors and fitted cupboards. It provides a good illustration of the simplicity of layout and fittings of such a dwelling of this period.
Historic interest:
- the buildings provide evidence of historic local agricultural practices and vernacular building traditions.
[See listing details for detailed history and description] (B1).