Description

MELLIS THE COMMON (SOUTH EAST
TM 07 SE
SIDE)
3/32
- Willow Farm House

-- II

Farmhouse. Late C17, altered C20. Timber frame, plastered. Steeply pitched
machine tiled roofs. An L on plan: 2 cell lobby entry front range with 3 bay
service wing to rear left. 2 storeys and attic. Central entrance with half
glazed, half panelled door. 3-light C20 casements, ground floor hoodboards.
Boxed eaves. Central ridge stack, rebuilt capping. Right end French windows,
exposed double purlins. Lower kitchen and dairy wing has scatterd C19 and C20
casements, exposed single purlins in rear gable end, external stack with
offsets on inner elevation, a lean-to tiled oven outshut to rear, boarded door
behind stack and oven, a C20 lean-to addition in inner angle to rear.
Interior: ground floor double stop ovolo moulded axial binding beams, joists
and mid rails, stairs in front of stack, first floor ovolo moulded cross axial
binding beams and joists, reverse cranked bracing in walls, double purlin
roof, lower butt purlins, upper collars to clasped purlins, cranked
windbraces; service wing has runout chamfered binding beams, tension bracing,
collars clasping single purlins.

Listing NGR: TM0908773903

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477070

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair