Description

TM 12 SE
5/77

THORPE-LE-SOKEN
COLCHESTER ROAD
(north side)
Millington House

GV
II

House. Early C17, altered in C20. Timber framed, weatherboarded, roofed with
handmade red clay tiles. Main range of 4 bays facing E, with axial stack in
left bay, and 4-bay crosswing to left, with external stack to rear. External
stack at right end of main range, now enclosed by C20 extension beyond,
projecting to rear. 2 storeys. 6-window range of C20 casements, and one
original window on first floor with 2 ovolo mullions and modern glazing. C20
door, and garage doors in right extension. The crosswing is jettied to the
front, with exposed joists of vertical section and 2 C20 brackets. Jowled
posts, straight and curved primary bracing. In the main range the 2 bays at the
right end were originally divided axially into 2 service rooms (partition now
removed), the axial beam chamfered at the front only, without stops, with plain
joists of vertical section. The next bay has 2 chamfered longitudinal beams
with plain stops, and plain joists of vertical section. Large wood-burning
hearth facing to right, of 330 mm brickwork, in short chimney bay. The
crosswing is divided originally into 2 ground-floor rooms, with original wattle
and daub infill inscribed with a diamond pattern. The binding beams are
chamfered without stops, with plain joists of vertical section. On the first
floor there was originally a similar partition, now removed. The tiebeams are
chamfered with broach stops, and the plain joists of vertical section frame an
original ceiling. Shutter groove in front tiebeam. Hearth on first floor with
depressed arch and chamfered jambs, originally plastered, now stripped.
Composite roof over main range, mainly of clasped purlin construction, with
butt-purlin section in front pitch. RCHM 4. An old photograph showing it as 3
tenements appears in E.A. Wood, A History of Thorpe-le-Soken to the year 1890,
1975.

Listing NGR: TM1698023124

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26440603

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair