Description

METFIELD SKINNER' S LANE
TM 28 SE
9/100
Nos.1 & 2, Doctors Lodge
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GV II

House, now divided into 2. A complex structure in 3 main parts: C15 to west,
with considerable later alteration (No.1); attached to the east a late
C16/early C17 parlour range (part No.1, part No.2), with a C19 addition to the
north (No.2). The older ranges are timber framed and plastered with pantiled
roofs except for 2 slopes which are plaintiled. 2 storeys with attics to the
older ranges. Various casement windows: No.1 has mainly C19 windows, No.2 mid
C20 large-paned windows. The C19 addition has a 4-panel door (the upper 2
panels glazed) and gabled timber trellis porch. Each range has an internal
stack. The 2-cell west range contains part of a former open hall house, with
the cambered tie beam of the open truss (the bracing removed) and a moulded
and crenellated beam against the inserted stack (probably a dais beam); there
is exposed studding at first floor level. The original roof has been lost.
The adjacent parlour range has been somewhat altered; there are ovolo-moulded
cross-beamed ceilings to each floor.

Listing NGR: TM2939680284

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477586

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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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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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy