The Old Mill House

STAPLEFORD ABBOTTS ONGAR ROAD TQ 49 NE 2/15 The Old Mill House GV II House, C18 (associated with Passingford Mill, 200 metres to the SE), altered in C19 and C20. Red brick, Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Aligned approx. N-S, aspect E, chimney stack in S wall, internal chimney stack at N end. C19 chimney stack at NW corner. Single-storey extension to N, roofed with red clay Roman tiles, C19. Small single-storcy extension at SW corner, C19. 2 storeys. E elevation, central glazed doer, C20, with simple doorcase and moulded and bracketed hood, C18. One C20 double-hung sash window in original aperture with segmental brick arch, one C20 casement window in widened aperture. First floor, 2 double-hung sash windows (one early C19, one C20), and C20 bow window in original aperture. Dentilled course below eaves. Roof in 3 parallel ranges aligned E-W, presenting 3 hipped ends. Schedule of 1952 reported diagonal shafts on N chimney stack, not now present. On S gable end, wooden stundial, one plank missing, with remains of painted inscription 'AD 1635 Horas non numero nisi serenas'. RCHM 3.

Listing NGR: TQ4996597540