Description

SO 93 SE OXENTON OXENTON VILLAGE

5/124 The Old Millhouse

GV II

Former pub, then mill house. Late C16; altered C18. Coursed squared and dressed limestone; close-studded timber framing with painted stone infill; painted C18 brick; concrete tile roof; one early and one C20 brick stack. Two storeys with single-storey extensions. Rectangular main body with extensions to either gable end. Flat-roofed extension to rear not of special interest. Main body 2 storeys with 1½ storey and single-storey extension. Entrance front from left to right: wide possibly C14 four-centred arched opening now blocked, C20 three-light casement to the right; C20 plank door and 3-light casement with timber lintel; partially blocked window now with 2-light casement far right. Painted brick first floor, probably formerly timber framed, lit by two 2-light C19 wooden casements and a similar 4-light casement all with horizontal glazing bars. Close-studded timber framing exposed at the left gable end; right gable end rendered with two-light C20 oriel. Single-light window with a dressed stone surround, now blocked with C18 brick to rear; straight joint indicating possible position of former doorway, now blocked with window inserted in blocking, in line with blocked arch on roadside front; former stable to right now a garage. Square-panelled timber framing with early brick infill to the right gable end of the single-storey extension. C18 projecting gable end stack now incorporated within the stable and C20 off-the-ridge stack. Interior: narrow intersecting beams with deep flat chamfers; open fireplace with bressumer; inglenook fireplace with early wooden seat in situ; crane and niche. C20 staircase. First floor: beams with triangular stops; early door with large wooden lock with incised decoration. Formerly the Harrow alehouse. (V.C.H. Glos., Vol VIII, p220)

Listing NGR: SO9539131257

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