Description

MILFORD HILL
1.
1594 (North Side)
Milford Hill House
SU 1429 NE 4/517 (Youth Hostel)
SU 1430 SE 2/517
II
2.
Circa 1830 villa set well back from road, with drive, in fine garden. 2 storeys
stucco faced. Low pitch hipped slate roof, flat eaves with bed mould. 5 windows
1st floor, slightly recessed moulded framed sashes, glazing bars intact. Ground
floor has 2 similarly framed tripartite sashes and 2 single sashes. Glazing
bars intact. Entrance in 2nd bay from right: double doors, now partly glazed
in architrave case, flanked by pilasters with entablature over and moulded
pediment. Good verandah, on plinth, across whole of ground floor and returned
to south front, leaded tent roof, wrought iron diamond panelled supports with
fanned profile brackets to eaves.
To north, set back, a 2 storey painted brick wing with one 2 light casement.
The south front, with verandah returned, has 2 similar sashes on 1st floor
and 2 French windows on ground floor in architrave frames.
Very fine cedar in front of house.

Listing NGR: SU1497529992

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535607

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Recommended Books

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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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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)