Description

SALTS LANE
TQ 7552 & TQ 75 SE LOOSE
(North Side)
3/201 & 6/201 Old Mill House
23.5.67
GV
II
House, formerly associated with mill, now house. Late C16 or early
C17, with C15 or early C16 core and C18 addition. Timber framed,
rendered, with plain tile roof. 2 timber-framed bays of an open hall,
with storeyed right end bay missing. Left end bay possibly re-arranged
as cross-wing, projecting to rear, in late C16 or early C17. Two low
stores, on rendered plinth. Roof half-hipped to right and hipped to
left, hip returning with slightly higher ridge. Multiple brick ridge
stack in front slope of roof to junction of main range and wing.
Irregular fenestration of two 3-light casements; one to wing and one,
rising through eaves with hipped roof, to main range. Panelled and
half-glazed door with flat hood under stack. Rendered lean-to to left.
C18 central rear stair turret. Short rear wing to right. Interior:
exposed framing. Moulded right end of hall beam. Exposed diamond
mullion windows. Plain truncated crown-post to right end of hall, with
foot braces, but moved towards one end of tie-beam. Clasped purlin
roof with diminishing principal rafters and windbraces, Similar roof
to rear right wing. Stone fireplace to each side of each stack on
each floor. C18 staircase with moulded handrail and balusters.

Listing NGR: TQ7600552088

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542653

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings