Myndtown Hall Farmhouse

SO 38 NE MYNDTOWN C.P. MYNDTOWN

9/27 Myndtown Hall Farmhouse

21.3.68

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C16 with later additions and alterations. Partly timber- framed with plaster infill, other parts roughcast over brown brick (random bond), machine tile and slate roofs, projecting end stacks. Roughly L-shaped in plan with short parallel range and minor later additions to rear; the oldest surviving part of the house is the projecting gabled cross wing to the right. 2 storeys and attic; 2-storeyed main range of 3 bays (C17?); Cl9 multi-paned wooden casements; entrance to right, C20 door with C18 overlight under C20 gabled hood; cross wing probably of 3 framed bays; large square panels with herringbone struts; the gable has overhanging eaves and a broken finial, jettying to first and attic floors, moulded bressumers, that to attic supported on brackets carved with human figures and grotesque faces; beneath both brackets on the left hand corner are colonettes with cable moulding; the ground floor has been partially underbuilt, the post on the left being a C20 replacement; C19 multi-framed casements on ground and first floors. Interior. Good late C17 staircase with square moulded balusters and carved newels; the front room to the cross-wing has a fireplace with a massive stone lintel and a panelled ceiling.

Listing NGR: SO3907789505