Description

MELLIS THE COMMON (NORTH WEST
TM 07 SE SIDE)

3/24 Home Farm House
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GV II

Farmhouse. c.1600, extended and altered C19. Timber frame, plastered.
Steeply pitched plaintiled roof. An L on plan, 3 cell front range with 2 bay
service wing to rear, extended in C19 to form a T. 2 storeys and attics. 4
window front, C19 3 x 3-light part opening metal frame casements. An entrance
between parlour and hall bays to right, half glazed architraved door. In C19
addition to left a second entrance with a gabled bargeboarded porch, outer
half glazed door. Double offset plinth. Boxed eaves. Axial ridge stack, now
central. Service wing rear gable end entrance, exposed plates and purlins. A
large C19 external stack behind a lean-to from originally inner face of
service wing, altered in C20. Interior: Some exposed close studding, stop
chamfered cross axial binding beams and joists. First floor room over parlour
end has opposed base cruck blades to a raised tie beam. Service wing roof has
butt purlins, collars to principal rafters, arched windbraces.

Listing NGR: TM0957474562

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26573589

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)