Description

MEARS ASHBY LADYS LANE
(West side)
SP8366
No.31
16/246
02/08/72
II
GV

House. Mid C16, C18 and C19. Regular coursed lias with ashlar dressings, brick
and C20 plain-tile and slate roof. Originally 3-unit plan. 2 storeys. Gable
elevation abutting road has 3-light stone mullion window at ground floor and
2-light wood casement at first floor with projecting sill, probably forming part
of an original oriel. C19 panelled door to left under wood lintel. Ashlar gable
parapet and central ashlar stack with moulded stone cornice. Side elevation to
right is blank. Rear gable abutting churchyard has blocked opening with
4-centred moulded stone head. Brick and stone wing attached to left of road
elevation is of 2 storeys. 3-window range of casements with C19 plank doors to
far left and in return gable. Elevation to left has semi-circular bread oven
projection to rear. Interior has 2 bread ovens with cast iron doors in room to
left also base of earlier roof structure, probably a raised cruck. Said to have
been a religious house.

Listing NGR: SP8385166635

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26652866

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback