Gun'S Mills House

SO 61 NE LITTLEDEAN -

6/66 Gun's Mills House (formerly listed as Gunn's Mills, East Dean Parish) 23.9.55

GV II

House; early C19, part may be earlier; 'L'-plan, main wing 2- rooms deep. Brick, Flemish bond to front of main wing, wing to left coursed, squared stone with larger quoins, rendered on front: hipped slate roots. 2-storey front, 3 sash windows, with bowed end on right. Windows stone sills, rubbed-brick flat arches. Central door up 2 semi-circular steps: semi-circular stone-head on Tuscan pilasters: porch missing. Radial fanlight over original 6-panelled door. Ground-floor window sills extended as plain stone string course: plain stone plinth. To left of front door ashlar between string and plinth: blocked door at left end. To left return wing, 2-windows wide, originally 3 storey but eaves slightly lower. Windows were 4-panes wide. Interior: panelled doors to entrance hall: large fireplace in room on left, stone surround, elliptical head, salt cupboard. No floors survive in 3-storey wing. Third floor to main block had been removed by 1947. (C. Hart, The Industrial History of Dean, 1971, pl. 50).

Listing NGR: SO6747815940