Description

6822 EAST MEON HIGH STREET, North side

12/29 Forge Sound

29.1.82

GV II*

Cottage, formerly two. C14/15, c.1600, C18, with minor C20 changes. Exposed
frame with brick infill, other walls of painted brickwork, small areas of
rendering. Hipped tile roof with gablets, catslide at rear and above the north-
end outshot. Medieval hall of three bays, the two northern having an aisle on
the west side, and the wider south bay on upper floor: chimneys and upper floor
to the open hall inserted c.1600; recladding of the C18, with a north end out-
shot. East front of two storeys, irregular fenestration. Casements. Plain
doorway. Lead Sun fire insurance sign (No 112958) and another sign, of the
Farmers Fire and Life Insurance. Although much repaired externally, the original
timber-framed building survives within.

Listing NGR: SU6817222106

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533329

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