Description

DOWNTON STANDLYNCH SU 12 SE (west side) 4/126 Standlynch Mill

GV II

Mill on River Avon, now disused, with cottage. late C18, C19 remodelling. English bond brick with stepped plinth and vitrified headers, half-hipped tiled roof, brick stacks. L-plan with single- storey C18 wing and late C19 extension. Single-storey and attic, 5 windows. Stable door in chamfered case with initials MB 1698 on lintel, planked door to right and 2-light casements and louvred windows to left. Five hipped dormers to roof, one with 2-light latticed leaded casements. Left return has several louvred windows. Right return has 2-light casements to ground and first floors. Rear has louvred windows and semi-circular arch over mill race to right, to left are 2-light casements. Interior has chamfered beams with runout stops, cupboard with butterfly hinges in west room, 6-bay roof with original C17 trusses, tie-beam with raking struts to collar and two tiers of butt purlins, the upper tier with straight wind bracing. The initials MB are of Maurice Bockland of the original Standlynch House nearby, demolished c1733; his wife rebuilt Standlynch Chapel (q.v.), 1677. (Unpublished records of RCHM England), Salisbury. Country Life, July 13th, 1945 page 68)

Listing NGR: SU1815423555

External Links

• Wikidata Q26638440

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)