The Mead

TG 2719 COLTISHALL CHURCH STREET (south)

8/16 The Mead.

• II

House, dated 1740, extended to north west in C19. Built of red brick with pantile and slate roofs. 'L' shaped plan at 2 storeys and attics. Original house, 5 windows, the central bay set forward with brick pediment above eaves. Brick plinth, moulded brick platbands and rusticated brick quoins. Central C19 single storey brick porch with double ½ glazed entrance doors under splayed elliptical brick arch. Porch parapet of stone with iron balusters. Sash windows with glazing bars, stone sills and flat gauged brick arches. Venetian window with shouldered architrave in pediment. 2 gabled dormers with moulded timber verges and casements with glazing heirs. Moulded timber cornice, curved gables and C19 paired octagonal end stacks. C19 additions at each end, in matching style to the original. Irregular plan and fenestration with glazing bars and gauged brick arches: C19 clustered shafts with battlemented caps axially in south west hipped roof. Panelled rooms, good staircase. Dated 1740 with monogram I.S. on south gable.

Listing NGR: TG2709419474