Killian House

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c.1880, having T-shaped plan with gable-fronted projecting bays to first floor of front and north elevations, and twentieth-century extension to rear and lean-to timber porch to south.

The saved account records: Pitched and sprocketed concrete tiled roof with replacement uPVC rainwater goods and decorative timber bargeboards to gables, rooflight to north, ashlar chimneystack to south-east gable.

The saved account records: Draughted and pecked ashlar to ground floor with limestone quoins and cement skirting, lined and ruled cement render to first floor and extension.

The saved account records: Square-headed window openings with draughted and pecked shouldered stone surrounds and lintel, stone sill course to north elevation.

Killian House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Set at the entrance to Killian (or Killyan) House, this unusual gate lodge was once part of the estate. The Killian estate was granted to the Cheevers family in the mid-seventeenth century by Charles II and the family remained owners and residents of the estate until the 1930s. The ornate nature and the size of the gate lodge are testament to the wealth and social standing of the Cheevers family. Although extended over the years, the original proportions and scale of the gate lodge are still visible and the well detailed stonework is a fine example of local craftsmanship. The gate lodge’s artistic ornamentation… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.