Description

GARFORD
SU49SW
8/85 Venn Mill House and attached
11/10/76 outbuildings
(Formerly listed as Venn Mill
House including attached barn
and outbuilding)

GV II

Mill house, now house. Early C17, remodelled late C18 and late C19, Uncoursed
limestone rubble; gabled late C19 tile roof; brick lateral stack to left and
stone ridge stack finished in brick to right. T-plan, with cross wing to left. 2
storeys: 4-window range front has 2-window gable end of left wing. Right range:
late C19 four-panelled (2 glazed) door adjoining cross wing: segmental brick
arches over door and C20 casements: first floor in late C18. Stable/cartshed to
right of limestone rubble and of one storey and attic with gabled stone slate
roof: front of central covered way, blocked in late C18, has late C18 two-light
chamfered wood-mullioned casement: rear entry blocked in C20. Interior: left
wing has chamfered beams, C17 chamfered oak doorway, cupboard with butterfly
hinges and fireplace with chamfered stone lintel and saltbox to left: first
floor has chamfered beams and C17 plank doors: remodelled floor. One-unit range
to right has chamfered and stopped beam, and C17 plank door adjoining fireplace
with bread oven. Stable/cartshed to right has 2-bay roof with closed post and
pad truss of elm. Subsidiary features: weatherboarded byre to right with hipped
old tile roof.
(National Monuments Record, for measured drawings).

Listing NGR: SU4301594932

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300502

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings