Description

ST 96 NW MELKSHAM WITHOUT BOWERHILL
(south side)

4/179 Old Loves Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Early to mid C18. Rubblestone, stone slate half-hipped
roof, brick stacks. L-plan, gable end to street. 2 storeys, 3-
windows. Entrance door is on at right angles to street, chamfered
door case and flat stone hood on brackets. To left is one 2-light
cyma-mullioned window and a blocked window to right. First floor
has two 2-light cyma-mullioned windows and one 2-light beaded-
mullioned window, all leaded glass. Rear and right gable return
have single, 2 and 3-light beaded and cyma-mullioned windows. Wing
to left has chamfered door case to left of single-light cyma
moulded window and one blocked door to right. Left return has a
pair of 8-pane sashes in flat case with mullion to ground floor and
one 4-pane sash to first floor. Rear has C20 casements to ground
floor and two 2-light cyma mullioned windows and a C19 casement to
first floor.
Interior: room to right of entrance has narrow chamfer to ceiling
beams and a stone flat arched fireplace with roll moulding. A
difference between the ceiling and floor levels of the two wings
suggests that the house was originally one range with an additional
wing built slightly later.

Listing NGR: ST9218062168

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489297

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair