Description

MELLS CP
ST75SW OUTLYING

1/85 Mells Down Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Mid C17, altered late C18. Squared and coursed Doulting rubble, coped verges on kneelers, end rubble stacks.
"E"-plan, symmetrical facade. 2-storeys and attic, 5-bays; stone mullioned windows, those to first floor of 2-lights
with bead mouldings, below deeper 2-light openings with ovolo mouldings, except centre window which is of 3-lights.
Door opening in each return; to left C19 half glazed door in chamfered stone surround, open hipped roofed porch on
square wooden pillars; door opening to right has C17 studded plank door in similar surround. Gabled stair turret to
rear, 2-light reserved chamfer mullion and transom window. Interior: right hand roo. on ground floor contains
particularly fine stone fireplace of C17;.consists of moulded mantle shelf supported by 2 shafts springing from
semi-octagonal bases, decorative panel with quatrefoils directly below; edge roll moulding around hearth opening; stone
hearth.

Listing NGR: ST7206951353

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26310403

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy