Merriemakers

Merriemakers is a small house likely dating from the early to mid 17th century, with later rebuilding in the 18th century and a 20th-century extension. It is constructed of brick, some with flared headers, and includes tile-hung timber framing and limestone ashlar. The roof is of old plain tiles with brick stacks. The original two-unit plan has been extended to the rear, presenting as a gable-fronted form. The front elevation, in Flemish-bond brickwork with a tile-hung gable, features three-light casement windows to both floors, and a doorway to the left, the lower openings having segmental arches. The sides exhibit plainer brickwork of various periods, with further casement windows, and a limestone-ashlar chimney projects slightly from the right side, narrowing towards the top. A brick dentil eaves course runs across the front. Inside, there is an open fireplace with a chamfered cambered bressumer, stop-chamfered beams, a two-bay clasped-purlin roof with queen-strut trusses and curved windbraces, and original pegged rafters. The house was likely originally timber framed. It was formerly part of the Studley Priory Estate.