Description

ORCHARD STREET
1.
5170
Mickleover
No 5
(Old Hall)
(Formerly listed in the
Rural District of Repton)
SK 33 SW 11/211 2.9.52.
II*

2.
Dated 1649. Square-panelled timber framing with red brick nogging; 2 storeys and
attic; 3 light C19 stone mullioned windows with cast iron lattice lights; stone
plinth. Front with central 2 storey porch, the upper floor oversailing; splat
balusters to open sides of porch; bressummer inscribed "NISI DEUS FRUSTRA 1684"
(An adaptation of the opening lines of the psalm 'Unless the Lord build the house
they labour in vain who build it'). No windows to left of porch one window each
floor to right. Tile roof. Other elevations in character. An interesting house.
(The house was at one time called The Cedars and is said to have been built by
a Captain in Cromwell's army).

Listing NGR: SK3052834024

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553526

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)