Description

FIGHELDEAN HIGH STREET SU 14 NE (west side)

2/181 Melrose House

II House. Mid C17. Timber framed, with brick and flint banded noggings, gables stone quoined, with dispersed stone and flint. Thatched roof. Two storeys, 2 bays with central half bay containing entrance, parlour to south side, living room on north, with a timber framed single bay rear extension. Central panelled door with stone frame, thatched canopy on brackets. Canted paned bay windows either side and C17 oriel windows on single carved brackets to chambers above, each with a pent tiled roof, and tall timber framed gable. Carved pendants to barge boards. Date over porch reads 1666. C17 brick stacks. To rear, various tile hung extensions of c1920. Interior: Not seen. Large open fireplaces to both gable ends with timber lintels. Oven to northern end. Secondary stair in corner of parlour.

Listing NGR: SU1527047120

External Links

• Wikidata Q26604653

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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