Description

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SD 73 SW
2/65

CLAYTON-LE-MOORS
MERCER PARK
Mercer House

(Formerly listed as Oakenshaw Cottage)

II

House, 1802; now unoccupied. Coursed dressed stone, slate roof with gable chimneys. Double-pile three-bay plan with attached service wing at rear. Two storeys, with quoins, moulded cornice, parapet; almost symmetrical: offset slightly left is panelled door with semi-circular fanlight and open-pedimented architrave, with a tall window above; otherwise, two coupled tall windows on each floor, all with plain one surrounds and all now boarded. Rear has in centre a continuous three-tiered opening with panelled door at ground floor and stairlight with glazing bars above; left of this a triple window on each floor, right of it coupled windows, all sashed with glazing bars.

History: built by Thomas Hargreaves (partner in Oakenshaw Printworks), later occupied by John Mercer (inventor of Mercerisation).

Listing NGR: SD7435431089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569605

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair