Meadow Gate

ST12NW FITZHEAD CP WEST FITZHEAD 6/118 Meadow Gate GV II House. Late C15, altered early Clb and early C20. Rendered over random rubble and cob, slate roof, stone stack right, brick stack above entrance. Open hall derivative, 3 cell lobby entry onto back to back fireplaces, facing South. 2-storeys, irregularly placed early C20 fenestration, first floor four 2-light casements and one 3-light end bay right, ground floor 2 and 3-light in outer bays, single storey slate roofed verandah carried on wooden piers covers centre, glazed entrance door with 2-light casement to right. Interior: room to right of entry 9 panel moulded compartment ceiling with inserted cross moulded beams and rafters behind, staircase turret on North side; room to right, remains of plaster frieze and plaster decoration in panel above fireplace. 5 pairs of jointed cruck trusses, originally an open hall house, ceiled early C16. (VAG Reports, unpublished SRO, November 1973 and September 1983).

Listing NGR: ST1162828634