Description

SJ 42 SW; 2/138

LITTLE NESS C.P.,
MILFORD,
Milford Hall Farmhouse

27.05.53

GV

II

Farmhouse. Late C16 or early C17. Timber-framed with plastered
and painted brick infill, some laid in a herringbone fashion. Partly
rebuilt in painted brick. Slate roof. Framing: closely-spaced studs
with middle rail and long straight tension braces. Square panels to
rear wing (three from sole plate to wall plate). T-plan. Two framed bays
with wing to west also of two framed bays. Two storeys and gable-lit attic
with 2-storey rear wing. East front: shaped barge boards to gable
ends with finials. Small brick stack at rear of ridge to right and
large old brick ridge stack at junction with wing at rear, consisting
of three star-shaped shafts with weathering at base and pitched-roof link
to attic. Three-window front; leaded wooden cross windows with bracketed
hoods. Left-hand ground-floor window removed and opening blocked.
Early C19 door between first-and second windows from right with 6 beaded
flush panels (top 2 glazed), Gothic over-light with panelled spandrels
and plain surround with shaped brackets supporting a gabled hood. Left-
hand gable end: slightly jettied first floor with (restored) billet-
ornamented bressummer and former jettied gable with carved scrolled brackets
at each end of tie-beam. Small attic casement and C20 ground-floor
flat-roofed square bay. Right-hand gable end: slightly jettied gable
with carved scrolled brackets supporting tie-beam with carved lozenge
ornament to chamfer. Small leaded attic window, blocked first-floor
window, leaded 2-light wooden staircase window to right and ground-floor
leaded cross window. North side of rear wing with two leaded casements
to each floor and central boarded door with pedimented hood and lean-
to porch. Collar and tie-beam truss in gable end to right. Lower
later C17 timber-framed addition to west with integral brick end stack
and collar and tie-beam end truss with queen struts. INTERIOR: left-
hand ground-floor room has ogee-moulded beams with run-out stops and
chamfered beam in right-hand ground-floor room. Reordered C17 panelling
in entrance hall. C17 panelled doors. Ground-floor rear room with
chamfered beams, plain joists and old fireplace with chamfered lintel.
Early C19 staircase.

Listing NGR: SJ4194020893

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306754

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