The Orchards

MAISEMORE MAIN ROAD SO 8021-8121 (north side) 8/70 The Orchards GV II Shown as The Ship House on O.S. map. Former inn, now house. Probably mid-late C18, altered early C19. Flemish bond brickwork, slate roof: tiled to wing. Three windows wide, 2 1/2 storeys above basement, 2 rooms deep; 1 1/2 storey wing on right. Nine panel front door in centre, top 3 glazed, flat hood over, whole up 11 stone steps to quarter landing, lowest 7 wider, simple iron handrail. Either side single-storey canted bay, sash windows, hipped lead roof. Below right bay double boarded doors to cellar, with glass pane in upper half of each. First floor 3 sash windows, cambered brick arches. Dentil eaves, M roof with small valley. External chimney on front ridge on right, larger on left, with rendered offsets at first floor level: smaller chimney on rear gable. Between, 3-light casement window to loft, iron opening light. Set back on right low wing, 2 boarded doors with cambered brick arches, 2-light casement with similar head between, boarded door in gabled dormer over. Wing returns towards road, partly altered to form garage. Occupies prominent position in road.

Listing NGR: SO8143221280