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SP6232-6332
12/10

FINMERE
MERE ROAD (South side)
Mere House and The Cottage

(Formerly listed as Meere House and The Cottage)

II

House, now two dwellings. Late C17 with C19 additions and C20 alterations. Squared coursed limestone. Steeply pitched slate roof with brick end stacks. Lower limestone wing situated gable-on to road has a steeply pitched slate roof. C19 brick part abutting the latter is also situated gable-on to road and projecting forward from main house. Red bricks with glazed headers laid to Flemish bond. Elevation facing Mere Road. Entrance approximately central has six-panelled door, moulded wood door-frame and hood. To left two C20 imitation wood mullioned and transomed windows. Stone flat arches. First floor has a blank window over door and two windows similar in those on ground floor. Interior noted having straight flight staircase with winders and is said to have beams and original fireplaces.

Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP6393232740

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26298598

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2