Description

MELLIS THE COMMON (SOUTH EAST
TM 07 SE SIDE)

3/30 Potash Farm House
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-- II

Farmhouse. C17 with C16 origins probable, altered C19. Timber frame,
plastered. Thatched roof. 3 cells, once longer with left bay and stack
probably originally part of an earlier range. 2 storeys. Entrance in left
bay of main block with a part fielded 6 panelled door, recessed with
architrave, hood mould. 3-light glazing bar casements, on first floor a long
2 and 3-light window in entrance bay, ground floor hoodboards, first floor
hood moulds. Left bay has slightly lower eaves, an axial ridge stack now
extruded. Right end external stack with offsets, exposed plates. To rear of
left bay a catslide roof over a brick and clay lump lean-to outshut, central
on main range a boarded door. Interior: frame is largely concealed, runout
chamfered axial and cross axial binding beams, on first floor where main range
meets earlier bay to left are opposed base cruck blades to a raised tie beam.

Listing NGR: TM0874373554

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26573595

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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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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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability