Millstone House And Two Adjoining Dwellings

Millstone House and two adjoining dwellings form a terrace of three houses built as one, dating from the early 16th century with alterations around 1600 and in the late 18th century. The buildings are two storeys high with attics and were originally designed with a three-cell plan. They feature a timber frame with plastered walls and a plaintiled roof.

There is a central 17th-century chimney made of red brick, with the upper part rebuilt in the 19th century, and a second axial chimney of red brick added in the 18th century. Most windows are mid-20th century casements, although some late 19th or early 20th century small-pane casements remain on the right side. The entrance doors have been replaced with various mid-20th century designs.

Millstone House showcases good unmoulded framing from around 1530 to 1560, with heavy chamfered main beams and posts, and unchamfered joists. The close-studding is tension stud-braced, and there are blocked diamond mullioned windows. The crownpost roof from the 16th century features a chamfered square crownpost with two-way bracing at one open truss. An altered open truss in the left gable indicates that the house was extended in that direction until around 1600.

Inside, there is a restored brick-arched and ovolo-moulded parlour fireplace, along with a smaller arched fireplace on the first storey, both dating to around 1600. A small rear wing, which is an addition from the late 16th or 17th century, incorporates reused mid-16th century components, including a long rib-moulded mullioned window and roll-moulded ceiling joists, and likely housed a staircase. Around 1600, significant remodelling on the right side of the main chimney included the addition of a large gable chimney, which has since been rebuilt. A further cell was added to the right in the late 18th century.