Description

DOWLAND
SS 50 NE
8/99 Mon's Hall
GV II
Farmhouse. Probably late medieval origins but now exhibiting no features earlier
than late C16, with C19 additions. Plastered cob walls. Hipped thatch roof. Stone
rubble rear lateral stack and brick shaft set in from eaves at rear.
Plan: 3-room-and-through-passage plan with lower end to the right. Hall is heated
by rear lateral stack and lower room by fireplace in rear right-hand corner -
probably an C18 insertion. In the C19 a small wing was added at the rear of the
hall. Early C20 alterations removed the lower partition of the passage and inserted
a staircase at the front of the hall.
Beyond the lower room is a long barn which incorporates some late C16 ceiling beams
although the quality of these suggest they may have been re-used from the house and
the roof timbers suggest a C17 date.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Long asymmetrical 3-window front of C20 2 and 3-light
casements all disposed towards the left-hand end which is the house part. C20
glazed door to left of centre behind wooden lattice porch. The long attached barn
to the right has all its openings on its rear wall consisting of 2 doorways and 3-
window openings, one a first floor loading hatch. Small single storey wing projects
from house to right of centre.
Interior: right-hand room has chamfered and hollow step-stopped ceiling beam.
Plastered chamfered beams in hall, its fireplace has been partly rebuilt. The
right-hand 1st floor room has traces of a simple C17 moulded plaster cornice. A C17
door also survives on the 1st floor. There is no access to the roof space but the
feet of insubstantial straight principals visible on the 1st floor suggests the
trusses have been renewed. The end room of the barn has 2 heavy chamfered cross
beams with pyramid stops. Its roof consists of substantial straight principals with
curved collars set in and pegged.

Listing NGR: SS5692609048

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617853

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)