Description

NY 45 NW
5/60

STANWIX RURAL
BRUNSTOCK
Mill House (Millbrooke on O. S. map)

II
Remand home, formerly house. Probably mid-C18, as house for the mill owner of
nearby mill now demolished, with alterations c1830, probably for George Saul,
with later C19 and C20 additions. Flemish bond brick walls, graduated slate
roof, tall brick chimney stacks. Original house and stables in F-shape.
Original house, facing road, 2 storeys, 2 bays, with single storey barn, now
converted to rooms, of 5 bays. House has brick filled entrance recess: windows
with replacement reeded ashlar surround, casements with glazing bars of 2-lights
and rounded-heads on ground floor. Carved stone roundel above entrance,
dog-tooth brick cornice, squared angled chimney stacks on square based. Barn
has similar conversion, filled slit vents, mullioned and cross-mullioned windows
with reeded and chamfered ashlar surrounds and hood moulds, casements with
glazing bars. Filled central entrance now window with bay-window to right of
C20 brick, but 5-light mullioned window retained. Numerous chimney stacks, as
house. Barns continue in U-shape to enclose small yard. Behind original house
and facing north, is C20 entrance. This including the C20 extension to left is
not included in the listing. To right of entrance and at right angles to it, is
mid-C19 brick extension, with sash windows and glaring bars and similar chimney
stacks. The further C20 extension aided to this is not included in the
listing. Ground floor interior retains its 1830's moulded plaster ceilings.
Office and games room retain C19 oak panelling with carved wood and moulded
stone fireplaces. Estate was purchased 1824 by George Saul who probably
converted Mill House to Millbrooke Cottage, sold by the family in 1912.
Purchased by County Council in 1942 and converted to Remand Home 1944.

Listing NGR: NY4203958786

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620073

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)