Description

SOUTH MILTON SOUTH MILTON VILLAGE
SX 64 SE
4/134 Trutes

II

House. Mid - later C17 with probably early C18 addition. Rendered stone rubble walls. Thatch roof gabled to right end and hipped to left. 3 rubble stacks, one axial with brick shaft, one projecting from right gable end, and one rear lateral stack.
Plan: originally 2-room-and-through-passage plan, each room heated by a fireplace in the end wall. Left-hand end room with rear lateral stack probably added in circa early C18.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 6-window front of late C20 small-paned 2-light casements apart from a 4-light bow window to the right on ground floor, and 2-light mid C20 metal-frame casement to the left. 2 C20 stable-type doors under thatch hood, one to right of centre (into original passage) and one into the addition at left-hand end whose roof has a different pitch to the main part.
Interior: fireplaces in principal rooms have chamfered wooden lintels. Chamfered ceiling beam in right-hand room. Unsusbstantial feet of straight principals visible on 1st floor probably indicate a C19 reroofing.

Listing NGR: SX6989143014

Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)