Description

SW 72 NE MAWNAN

9/177 Meudon
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II

House, now house and farmhouse, including garden walls adjoining at the rear left and
right. Circa 1700. Dressed coursed killas at the front (south east), otherwise
killas rubble. Oak lintels over the openings. Steep dry Delabole slate hipped roofs
with large slates for the eaves course. Projecting eaves carried on moulded wooden
brackets. C17 crested clay ridge tiles on garden wall adjoining rear right-hand
side. Large rubble stacks: Lateral stack at rear right and 2 axial stacks.
Plan: Overall L-shaped plan. Double depth range at the front and large one room
plan wing adjoining at right angles behind the right-hand side, plus later lean-tos
beyond. 2 parlours flanking a central entrance hall leading to stair hall between
small service room or parlour on the left and a room, possibly a former buttery, on
the right. The fireplaces are in the rear walls of the front rooms and the rear
left-hand room and stair hall are separately roofed. At right angles behind the
right-hand side is a kitchen wing with external lateral stack and integral winder
stair on the right-hand side. There are later (probably late C18) lean-tos at the
rear of the wing.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 5 windows south-east front with central doorway.
Circa early C19 16-pane hornless sashes in original openings (except for horned copy
at ground floor left and blocked opening at ground floor right). Similar sashes to
other elevations. There are some blocked openings in the rear wall and there are
ovolo-moulded oak lintels over some of the openings in the rear wing.
Interior: Only part of the house inspected: original bolection moulded chimney
pieces in the front left-hand room and in the chamber over the former buttery;
several 2-panel doors with bolection mouldings; some window shutters, some with
fielded panels and probably original roof structure with pegged collars and apices.

Listing NGR: SW7859928754

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434918

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