Description

ST IPPOLLITTS MILL LANE
TL 1827 (West side)
Gosmore

8/63 No. 7
- (The Mill Farm)

- II

House. Built between 1828 and 1832 for Mr. Brown Collison as miller's
house for a windmill then recently built and demolished c.1870 (inf
Mrs. Rance). Buff brick, E wing a red brick extension, slate roofs
mostly hipped. A small stripped-down Neo-classical single-storey house
facing S, with small pitched-roof E block fronting the road, and
single-storey E wing extending to rear in similar style. Symmetrical S
front with gabled central projection with verge overhang suggesting a
pediment. Paired pilasters at all corners. One window to each side and
central entrance. Gauged arches in fine buff brick. E block set back on
RH with central projection on S with window all below overhanging eaves.
Internal chimneys of 2 separate square shafts with caps linked above
echoing the paired pilasters. E end has wide projecting verge on 3
shaped brackets, paired pilasters linked at base and head support a
semi-circular arch with key-block above a recess with flat gauged arch
over a 2-light window with apron below, 2-light flush cast iron lattice
casement. Square projection in NE angle to rear with margin-light
casement window in each side, a parapet to roof. Entrance now into
single-storey extension with matching paired pilasters on overhanging
eaves with brackets to hipped roof.

Listing NGR: TL1898627444

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26396579

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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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)