Description

LICHFIELD

SK11SW NETHERSTOWE LANE, Stowe
1094-1/1/249 (North side (off))
04/03/74 Netherstowe House (North) and
Netherstowe House (South)
(Formerly Listed as:
STOWE
Nether Stowe)

II

Mill and house, now 2 houses. Probably late C17 or early C18
with north range, mill owner's house, of c1800 or earlier.
Brick with some dressed stone; tile roofs with brick stacks.
2 parallel ranges. North range of 3 storeys; 4-window range.
Top frieze of applied timber-frame and hipped roof.
Entrance to left of centre has overlight with decorative
glazing bars to 6-panel door. Windows have sills, and rubbed
brick flat arches over 12-pane sashes, but ground floor left
end window is partly blocked with narrow sash; 2nd floor
windows have 6-pane casement and three 6-pane sashes. Lateral
stack, cross-axial stack and right return lateral stack. Left
return has some blocked segmental-headed openings, entrance,
narrow window with cross-casement, and canted bay window to
ground floor, and altered cross-casement and 12-pane sash to
1st floor; projecting gable end of south range has stone
ground floor with partly covered buttress to angle, and
3-light transomed casement to ground floor.
South range of 2 storeys and two 3-window ranges, that to left
taller; stone footings. Windows have sills.
Range to left has projecting ground floor with 2 windows with
12-pane sashes and glazed angle porch to entrance with
panelled doorcase with cornice and 6-panel door, window with
12-pane sash to right; 1st floor has 3-light small-paned
casements. Range to right has 2-light small-paned casements to
ground floor and similar 3-light casements to 1st floor. Left
return has C20 projection to cellar level.
INTERIOR: north range has some C19 fireplaces and dogleg
staircase with twisted balusters; south range has cellars.
The mill became a woollen manufactory in 1809, by 1827 it
produced carpets and knitting yarn, the former an important
Lichfield industry, and by 1850 it produced lace and silk
coach trimmings.
(Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.123).

Listing NGR: SK1246210941

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580254

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings