Mill Dam Farmhouse and attached cottage

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SK 24 NW 2/106

PARISH OF YELDERSLEY MILL DAM LANE (west side) Mill Dam Farmhouse and attached cottage

12-11-79

II Farmhouse and cottage. C17 and early C18 with C19 refashioning. Red brick with plain tile roof and remains of thatched roof with corrugated iron over. Central brick stack and brick gable end stack. T-plan. Two storeys and single storey, plus attic.

House forms the top of the T lobby entrance plan. Central blocked doorway under brick arch, the former lobby entrance. Flanked on each side by Yorkshire sliding sashes under flat brick header lintels. Later doorway to left. Two similar windows above, either side of blocked smaller window. Three similar windows in the gable ends. Inside are stop chamfered beams and exposed joists.

Cottage to rear of single room baffle entry plan. Remains of thatch under corrugated iron roof. East elevation has doorway to right with segmental arch, partly blocked with later door set in. Two-light casement window to left under segmental arch. Eyebrow dormer window above with Yorkshire sash. Inside, the chimney stack has a large smoke chamber with heavy beam supporting the hood, which has moulded stop chamfers. Chamfered beams and exposed joists. One upper cruck truss.

Listing NGR: SK2223245210