Description

SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH STREET
6/99 (North Side)
31.10.83 No 51
GV II
Cottage. Early C14 and mid C18 with late C19 alterations.
Rendered rubble stone and red brick with plain first floor band.
Plain tile roofs with brick coped gable to north, and brick
gable stacks to south and east, plus stepped eaves cornice to
west front. Two storeys and L-plan. South gable front has a
flat headed 3-light horizontal sliding small pane sash to ground
floor and a 3-light small casement window above. West front has
a segment headed doorcase with plank door to south, a ruinous
window to north and a blank wall above. Recessed part to north
has a 2-light window to ground floor with a gabled late C19 roof
dormer with casements above. Interior of the rear wing has part
of a huge C14 timber fireplace. This has a richly moulded
bressumer with a plain central block decorated to either end
with deeply undercut leaf carvings, and a similarly moulded
timber jamb to north, with similar leaf carving to top. South
side of the fireplace was probably cut away when it passage was
made through the building across the north-east corner.

Listing NGR: SK3883325067

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388666

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)