Description

TQ 64 SE CAPEL BADSELL ROAD

6/206 Mill House including front
boundary railings

GV II

House. Early/mid C17, enlarged and remodelled in the early C19. C17 section
is timber-framed and mostly clad with peg-tile, rear wall is underbuilt with
Flemish bond red brick, the C19 part is painted brick (larger than usual);
brick stacks and chimneyshafts; slate roof to front section, peg-tile roof to
rear.

Plan: Double depth plan house facing south west. The principal rooms are
those at the front, one each side of the central entrance hall containing the
main stair. These rooms have projecting end stacks. Rear left is the former
kitchen with its stack backing onto the front room and rear right is an
unheated service room, now used as a kitchen.

The rear part is the C17 house. Originally it had a 3-room plan. The narrow
centre room (maybe a through passage) is now joined with the heated room.

House is 2 storeys with attics over the C17 rear section and a single storey
C19 bakehouse projects rear right.

Exterior: Symmetrical 3-window front of horned 16-pane sashes. Central
doorway contains C19 6-panel door behind a trellis porch with tented roof
(rebuilt circa 1980). 2 parallel roofs are gable-ended. The bakehouse has a
hipped roof and large oven housing which is gabled.

Interior: C17 work is confined to rear part and here the C17 framed structure
is largely intact. The larger rooms on each floor have chamfered axial beams.
The former kitchen fire'place is sandstone ashlar but has a replacement oak
lintel. The smaller version in the chamber above has the original oak lintel
with a low Tudor arch. Roof of 3 uneven bays carried on clasped side purlin
tie-beam trusses with curving windbraces. Front part has C19 joinery detail
including a straight flight stair with 2 stick baluster balustrade on the
landing.

Narrow front garden is enclosed by C19 cast iron railings. Plain rails and
tubular standards with moulded finials. The railings also continue north
westwards in front of the barn.

Listing NGR: TQ6548044764

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543183

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  For the Record
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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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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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)