Description

MAISEMORE MAIN ROAD
SO 8021-8121
(north side)
8/72 Milestone Cottage
GV II
Small house. C17, altered C19, minor alterations late C20. Two
bays, 1 1/2 storeys, one room deep: lean-to on gable. Flemish bond
painted brickwork front wall, stone plinth, brick-nogged timber-
framing back wall, concrete plain tile roof. To road: boarded
door, glass panel in top half, cambered brick arch, to left of
centre. Either side 3-light casement with cambered brick arch.
Rendered end of right gable frames front on right, end earlier
brick gable on left: to left beyond gable of large lean-to with
clay tile roof. Two-light casement in lean-to dormer above: brick
chimney on ridge at left gable, external brick chimney on right.
Framing to rear wall 2 panels high with angle brace from corner
post to wallplate.
Interior: exposed chamfered joists to ceiling, room on right;
wide chamfer to ceiling beams, room on left. Original boarded door
and hinges first floor: part timber-framed truss in right gable
survives: one pair purlins, originally with windbraces. Roof
said to have been thatched until 1938.

Listing NGR: SO8103721381

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26383661

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas