Stone House

TM 16 NW 7/67

MENDLESHAM OLD MARKET STREET

No.40 (Stone House)

GV II

House. C16 2-cell main range with C18-C19 work to right, including a small barn converted and incorporated into living accommodation c.1980. Timber framed and rendered. Tarred weatherboards to right return wall. Concrete- pantiled roof over main block, shallow-pitched slated roof to right. 2 storeys with attic to left. 4 windows, 2 and 3-light casements, probably of early C20, the upper windows with a slender horizontal glazing bar to each light. Doorway has mid C20 surround and glazed door. One dormer with small- paned 2-light window. Stack against right gable end of main block has plain C18 shaft. Internal stack at junction with house to left. Interior. Intact C16 first floor frame in 3 bays. Ground floor has 2-bay room to left, now reduced in size: storey posts with cut-back heads, plain joists exposed in one bay. Fireplace has massive lintol and brickwork with remains of lining of mortar joints; the opening has been reduced in width. Closely-spaced plain joists in room to right. Side purlin roof. A public house (The Brewers Arms) in early C20.

Listing NGR: TM1032965816