It wasn't just the Reverend Doctor Pearson's Observatory I missed the first time I visited South Kilworth.
When I got home that day I found that Pevsner also lists The Timbered House, parts of which date from the 15th and 16th centuries.
I found the house easily enough on Saturday, but it is a little way back from the road. Even taking a footpath into a neighbouring field, which contained the relics of a moated site and fish ponds, did not give a clear view.
And it's not just me. A google search throws up no photograph of The Timbered House at all.
Eventually I did find a photo in W.G. Hoskins' The Heritage of Leicestershire from 1950, where it is listed as one of several outstanding examples of yeoman houses in the county.
So with these photos I hope I am not outraging The Timbered House's obvious desire for privacy.
I'd like to read what a British chimney expert thought of that house.
ReplyDeleteI used to live there, they were awful
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