The Square

FARNDALE WEST MILL LANE SE 69 NE (north-west side) Low Mill 4/64 Nos 1 and 2 The Square GV II Miller's house, now 2 dwellings. 1778 on datestone; C19 alteration, extension and subdivision; further alterations in C20. Herringbone-tooled sandstone with pantile roof. 2-cell direct-entry plan with opposed doors; later extensions to left, right and to rear. 2-storey, single-window front with projecting, gabled porch to centre; lower 2-storey, single-window extension with lean-to outbuilding to right; single-storey extension to left. 4-panel door to No 1 in projecting porch, within raised round-arched surround with blind Gothick fanlight, approached by stone steps. 6-pane fixed light in porch to left of door. Datestone over, inscribed "W. R." (or B) with incised shell between and date below, and with a shell carved in high relief to each side. Board door to No 2 beneath divided overlight in lean-to outbuilding to right. Ground-floor windows are 4-pane sashes; C20 top-hung window to first floor of main front and 2-light, large-pane horizontal sliding sash to extension to right Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End stacks to main roof and end right stack to right extension. Left gable wall: fire window with herringbone-tooled lintel. Interior: chamfered beams exposed throughout both floors of house. No 1 retains the bressumer in room to left. Fine interior door to No 1 with bifurcated strap hinges.

Listing NGR: SE6725595148