Splash Cottage

SO 70 SE LEONARD STANLEY BEARD'S MILL

3/58 Splash Cottage

GV II

Former mill manager's house, now house attached to Leonard Stanley House, (q.v.). Late C18. Coursed rubble limestone, brick additions; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof, pantile to outbuilding. Two-storey, double pile plan. Front: 2-window fenestration, flat mullioned 3-light to right, 2-light left over doorway with stone lintel and 8-panel door. Central upper floor circular light has been inserted. North side: 2 gables, each with gable-mounted chimney, left in ashlar with moulded cap, right rebuilt in artificial stone. Two-storey brick addition to left gable with small Gothic casement to upper floor on east side with doorway below having timber lintel and plank door. Brick outbuilding attached to right gable spans mill leat on stone segmental arches: Gothic window with intersecting glazing bars, C20 glazed doors to right. Rear: fenestration as front. Central doorway blocked with timber casement. Large Gothic iron casement to outbuilding and 2 smaller C20 Gothic casements. Forms part of group with Leonard Stanley House and mill workshop (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7950904877