Milford Ho. — Milford

The main, eastern block, of Milford House was built in the late 18th century, however, projecting from the rear is a rectangular block which appears to be an earlier house, with features which suggest a late 17th-century date. This earlier stone-built house (ext. dims. 9.48m NE-SW; 6.66m NW-SE) has been much modified with windows inserted and/or enlarged. The exterior has a heavy rough cast render over an earlier smoother lime plaster. There is a chimney stack on the W gable (wall T 1.25m) which was subsequently heightened, no doubt when the 18th-century block was added. The 17th-century house is currently entered through an inserted doorway at the S end of the W gable. The original doorway, now blocked up, appears to be roughly mid-way along the N wall. There is a ground-floor fireplace in the W gable, currently not in use, and a stone-lined wall oven immediately N of the fireplace. There was an angle fireplace in the NE angle at both ground and first-floor level, though it has been blocked up at ground-floor level and removed at first-floor level. There was probably a lateral chimney to service these fireplaces but it does not survive. The house has an A-frame roof with roughly hewn timbers, including one with a Roman numeral, XII, incised. A dormer window has been inserted in the N wall of the attic. Two other windows, one on either side of the internally projecting chimney breast, are likely to have been smaller originally. It is probable that the house originally extended further eastward, but that the E end was removed when the later block was added. There is a sunken walled garden c. 16m SSW of the house, the S wall of which contains bee-boles (TN007-080----) which appear to be contemporary with the 17th-century house. See attached photograhs: TN007-081----_01 Rear W elevation of 17th-century house and 18th-century block TN007-081----_02 W gable and S wall from SW TN007-081----_03 N wall of 17th-century house TN007-081----_04 Detail of render over limestone rubble on 17th-century house TN007-081----_05 Wall oven in W gable, ground floor of 17th-century house TN007-081----_06 A-framed timber roof looking W TN007-081----_07 Detail of roughly hewn roof timber with incised Roman numeral XII Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 31 August 2022