Thornes

MAYFIELD MERES LANE 1. 5208 Thornes TQ 52 SE 28/700 II 2. House, probably C17 with later cladding. Timber frame clad in brick to ground floor and tile-hung above, half-hipped tile roof. 3-bay, two-storey lobby-entry house. Front to lane has small lattice-pane casements, board front door with glazed panels, and confused brickwork, with straight joints corresponding to bays, of various dates. 1st floor is bricked only to 1st bay. One chimney. The left gable end is entirely tile hung. At rear a glazed porch with extension over in the same style, and small pantry, under catslide roof. Inside, simple chimney breast between last two bays, with heavy bressumer to main room. Axial beam has shield stops, but main cross beam is unmoulded, and formerly had stud partition. Upstairs most main timbers are visible including corner posts, 2 studs per bay apparent from peg-holes and surviving in some cases. One middle rail survives at rear of 1st bay.

Listing NGR: TQ5617523455