3, Millers Green

This is a large house, reputedly incorporating remains of the great kitchen of the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, dating back to the 12th century. It underwent substantial remodelling in the 14th century and was known as the Common Kitchen in the 16th century. It was converted into a house in the late 16th century, with alterations in the early 17th century, and partially refitted between 1725 and 1731 for the leaseholder, Barbara Catchmay, with later minor alterations. The building is constructed of stone, rendered brick, and timber framing, with cross-gabled slate roofs and brick stacks. It has two parallel ranges at right angles forming a double-depth block, with a rear wing to the right, creating an overall L-shaped plan.

The front of the house features two gabled, right-angled ranges with two stories and attics. The taller left-hand gable-end wall is recessed behind the face of the right-hand gable-end wall, with the right-hand gable showing exposed 16th-century timber framing. The right-hand gable has an entrance doorway to the left, framed by a moulded architrave and cornice, with a 20th-century cross window to the right. Above that, a first-floor cross window and a casement in the gable. The left-hand gable-end has 18th-century sash windows with 3x4 panes on the ground floor, first-floor cross windows, and a similar casement in the gable. The rear wall of the block is stuccoed, with two gables similar to the front, and irregular fenestration including a late 16th-century four-light stone-mullioned window, a 20th-century pair of French doors with sidelights, sashes with 3x4 panes, and casements. A single-story service wing extends to the left.

The interior entrance hall features 17th-century panelling on one wall, while a small room to the right has 16th-century linenfold panelling above the fireplace. A staircase, inserted between 1725 and 1731, rises from the rear of the entrance hall; it has richly carved tread-end brackets, twisted column-on-vase balusters, a wreathed and ramped handrail, and a stair dado with raised and fielded panels. Rooms to the left have early 18th-century fielded panelling and the rear room has a 19th-century slate chimney piece.

On the first floor, a large front room was refitted in the early 17th century with square-frame panelling, a chimney piece, a richly carved timber overmantel with figures flanking two arcaded and recessed panels, an entablature, and a moulded plaster ceiling with ribs, panels, and relief carvings including a swan and a crane with the inscription "Alma Mater Cantabrigia”. Another room on the first floor has similar panelling, while another displays exposed timber framing. The attic retains some exposed roof framing, including collar ties and purlins.