Description

MELLIS THE COMMON (SOUTH EAST
TM 07 SE
SIDE)
3/34
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Cowpasture Farm House
GV
II

Farmhouse. Mid C17, altered C19. Timber frame, plastered. Steeply pitched
pantiled roof. 3 cell lobby entry plan. 2 storeys and attic. Entrance to
right of centre in a 2 storey C19 gabled porch, 6 fielded panelled architraved
door with flanking small sashes. First floor single glazing bar architraved
sash, pierced bargeboards. Ground floor single glazing bar architraved sashes
with hoodboards, first floor 3-light transomed part opening metal frame
casements. Axial ridge stack to right of centre, broached base to 4 conjoined
hexagonal shafts. Left gable end added external stack with offsets, 2 leaded
lights in attic, exposed plates and purlins. Right gable end 2-light
casements. To rear a pantiled lean-to outshut beind stack, 2 French windows,
first floor single leaded light, cross casement and a 2-light gabled dormer.
Interior: frame largely concealed, ground floor stop chamfered axial binding
beams, stairs in front of stack, first floor stop chamfered cross axial
binding beams, butt purlin roof with collars to principal rafters, cranked
wind braces. A C20 link to rear left leads to a former stable/brewhouse
building. C18. Timber frame, rendered with some red brick, pantiled roof. 2
boarded and 1 panelled door, a 2-light leaded casement, loft openings. Red
brick to rear with an internal end stack, kneelers to gable and parapet.

Listing NGR: TM0948174104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284249

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair