Description

ST4623 LONG LOAD CP MAIN ROAD (West side)

9/126 Melbury Farmhouse
19.4.61
GV II

Semi detached farmhouse. Probably C18, modified and part raised in C19. Local Lias stone cut and squared; double Roman clay tiled roofs with stepped coped gables to extremeties, plain gables to centre raised proportion. Two storeys, 4 bays. Bay 1 and 2 raised with margined sash windows stone lintels; part glazed door in plain recess lower bay 2: bays 3 and 4 not all of one build, and have 2 light small oian casements above and a single central matching casements above and a single central mstching casement below. Against south gable a long farm building with throughway against house, then 2 casements set high under eaves and plain doorway to lower left. interiors not seen, but reported is a beaded surround fireplace, and open roof trusses. (SSAVBRG Report, SRO Unpublished, Nov 1999; Somerset Villages - Long Load and Knole, Long Sutton, SSAVBRG, 1982)

Listing NGR: ST4656023268

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518879

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)