The Dumb Flea is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage, public house.

The Dumb Flea

WRENN ID
tilted-pillar-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1985
Type
Cottage, public house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MELDRETH CHISWICK END TL 3745 (South east side) 23/213 No. 23 (The Dumb Flea) II

Cottage, formerly public house. C18, extended C19 and C20. Timber framed, rendered and long straw thatch roof, half-hipped to left hand end. Ridge stack of red brick and two flues. Single range two bay and lobby entry plan. One storey and attic. Two original dormers to front and one late C20 dormer at rear. Two small casements on either side of doorway to lobby entry. Early C19 addition of clay bat on brick plinth. Thatched. Used as a cellar when the cottage wasa beer house. Inside: Abutting inglenook hearths of soft red brick. One originally with a bread oven, and both with salt ledges. Framing exposed of varied scantling with straight bracing. The floor to the end bay is modern. In the garden is a C19 timber framed and a long straw thatch barn. Two bays.

R.C.H.M.: Record Card (1949)

Listing NGR: TL3729845492

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