Description

Merrifield House, front boundary wall and
adjacent stile, Bower Hinton.
15/180)
16/180)
10/180
11/180
parts

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Merrifield House, front boundary wall and
adjacent stile, Bower Hinton.
15/180)
16/180)
10/180
11/180
parts
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ST1418 MARTOCK CP
ST4517 BOWER HINTON

15/180 Merifield House, front boundary
16/180 wall and adjacent stile

19.4.61

GV II

Detached house. C17. Ham stone ashlar, and some cut and squared work; thatched roof between coped gables: brick chimney
stacks on stone bases. Two storeys with attic, 4 bays, of which bays 3 and 4 are in ashlar. Ovolo-mould mullioned
windows, 3-light above except bay 1 which is 2- light, under shared square labels in pairs; below 4-light windows under
separate labels to bays 2 and 4; lower bay 3 has a C19 angled bay window with plain sashes and stepped hipped stone
roof: to lower bay 1 a moulded cambered-arched doorway with square label over deep lintol, having an early C20
part-glazed door. In south gable 3-light hollow-chamfer mullioned windows; against north gable a single-storey
extension under triple roll clay tile roof. Interior not seen, but reported is a modified internal plan, with fine
ogee-mould flat arched fireplace in south room, and collar beam trusses. About 2.5m from house, with curved sweeps back
up to house, a stone wall about 1.2m high with thin shaped coping; opposite the doorway 2 square piers with stepped
tops ending in ball finials; off north-west corner a low stone stile to the public footpath which runs along the north
side of the property, contributing to the setting of the house. (VAG Report, SRO Unpublished, 1976).

Listing NGR: ST4569917998

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26519201

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