Description

ST 9063 MELKSHAM CHURCH STREET
(north side)

7/31 No 34 and 34a
(formerly listed as Mulberry
Cottage)
29.9.50

GV II

Detached house, now second-hand dealer's shop. Late C17 to C18.
Rubblestone, stone slate roof with coped verges and ashlar stacks.
Symmetrical with two projecting wings to rear. 2-storeys and
attic, 3-windows. Central 6-fielded panelled door in bolection-
moulded case with pediment over containing finial base. Windows
either side are paired 12-pane sashes in moulded architraves, to
left is door of No 34a with moulded case and wooden pediment.
First floor has central 12-pane sash and 16-pane sashes to sides,
in wooden cases with moulded lintels. Two Cotswold-type attic
dormers have coped verges with saddlestones and casements windows.
Rear has ground floor door and 4-light Gothick sash window to first
floor, either side are projecting gabled wings; left is rubblestone
of 2-storey and attic. 1-window, 3-light ovolo mullioned windows
with drip moulds to ground and first floors. Wing to right is
brick with stone slate roof with coped verges and saddlestones
Interior has deep chamfered ceiling beams and moulded door cases.
fling to left affront has one storey, door with semi-elliptical
brick head and one sash.

Listing NGR: ST9036163794

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26574710

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)