Listed Building: KNIGHTS FARMHOUSE (280033)

MENDHAM WITHERSDALE STREET TM 28 SE 2/84 Knight's Farmhouse GV II Former farmhouse, now 2 cottages. In 2 sections: late C15 /early C16 to left, late C16 to right. Timber framed and plastered with some whitewashed brick casing. Pantiled rof with glazed black tiles at the front. 2 storeys, the later range formerly with an attic. Various old casement windows; 2 mullioned windows have been exposed (the one in the earlier section with renewed diamond mullions) and another is visible inside. Plank door to right. Gable stack to later range, at the junction of the 2 sections. The earlier part is in 2 bays: traces of sooting on the upper floor indicate a former open hall. The central truss has cranked braces and originally carried a queen-post roof. The present roof is C17. The portion of the later range in the left hand cottage has some good studding, an C18 bolection-moulded fireplace and the original newel stairs. The timbers in the right hand cottage are mostly concealed. Listing NGR: TM2704380974