Description

ST CLEMENT
SW 85 SE
1/125 Scawswater Mill
GV II

Miller's house. Early C19. Painted shale rubble with slatehanging over studwork to
1st floor front. Slurried scantle slate roof with brick chimneys over gable ends.
Plan of 2 equal reception rooms flanking central cross passage leading to central
stair between rear service rooms.

Two storeys. Symmetrical 3 window south front. Central doorway with ledged door. Shallow
brick arches over ground floor openings. All front windows and most rear windows are
original, those to the front are 16-pane hornless sashes with much crown glass.

Interior is little altered with original carpentry and joinery including panelled
doors and window shutters and closed-string dog-leg stair with moulded mahogany
handrail. Large hearth to rear right-hand room has bread oven. A door with fielded
panels is resited at entrance to rear left-hand room. Original roof structure not
inspected. An unspoilt early C19 house with very attractive original slatehanging
and retaining most of its original windows and glass.

Listing NGR: SW8222547010

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544211

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)