Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 02/10/2012

5305
SK 7519 SW 1/131

KING STREET
(North West Side)
No 5

GV
II*

House. Early c14 altered and extended in c16 and remodelled early and late c19. C14
house believed to have been built for John de Mowbray, Lord of the Manor of Melton.
Timber frame and brick, rendered in c19. Hipped and gabled pantile roof. 2 storeys.
The front (south) range contains 2 bays of c14 crown post roof frame at east end. To
left, c16 west range with first floor framed in four bays and framed north gable wall.
A short, gabled, framed, c16 wing on east side of west range. Central c19 brick ridge
stack on south range and brick stack cut down to eaves level in west wall of west range.
South front has late c19 shop fronts and rendered first floor with 2 early c19 sashes
with bars (4x4 panes). First floor framing to west wall underbuilt in brick: close
studding, intermediate rail and upper angle bay braces where not disturbed by insertion
of early c19 sashes and chimney stack. Later eaves raised above top plate. Similar
close studding in north gable and north wall of short east wing. C14 roof in south
range with two octagonal crown posts with moulded caps and bases. Above caps, chamfered
struts to collar purlin and collar ties. Bracing of each rafter for the collar ties
may be secondary. A later plain crown post against the central stack braced from the
principal beam. Framing for a smoke hood at junction of c14 and c16 roofs. C16 wing
has a clasped purlin roof with wind braces. House has important group value in King
Street.

Listing NGR: SK7524719202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17541862

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)