Listed Building record MDR10678 - Nos. 11-19 High Street, Melbourne

Nos. 11-19 High Street, Melbourne, the oldest part is of 15th century date. 'This is an L-shaped brick-walled building, half of it thatched and lying along the street, the other half slated and end-on to the street. The thatched part of the house was built as a single-storey cruck, with a ceiling inserted in the early 16th century, and brick cladding added at some later date. The slate range was either rebuilt or newly constructed in about 1750. In the 19th century, and well into the 20th century, the house was divided into as many as five tenements, although these also occupied a part of the house (not measured) which is now outbuildings.' (1) 'Previously listed as numbers 11 and 15 High Street, The Thatched Cottage, Melbourne, was formerly three cottages but is now one dwelling. A single storey plus attic building of four bays, it contains four pairs of cruck trusses. The apex tuype of each cruck pair is different. The western-most pair are visible in the gable end wall, having a crossed apex of type "D" with a ridge beam, two high collars and single butt purlins. The timbers were examined prior to sampling for tree ring analysis and it was found that there were two distinct types of oak. Only the oak of the western-most cruck truss in the gable end wall, and the two purlins and the ridge beam running into it, had tight-grained wood with enough rings for analysis. Six samples were taken - these provided a probable felling date of sometime between autumn 1530 and early spring 1531.' (2) From the National Heritage List for England: 'This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 March 2021 to update the name and address and reformat the text to current standards SK 38/3925 6/114 PARISH OF MELBOURNE HIGH STREET (south side) Nos 11, 15 (The Thatched Cottage) and No 19 (formerly listed as Nos 11 and 15 High Street) 10.11.67 GV II Three cottages. C15, early C18 and C19 with various C19 and C20 alterations. Cruck timber frame, encased in red brick, and red brick with some stone rubble. Thatched roof with two tall brick stacks, to the northern pitch of the roof and slate roofs with central brick ridge stack and two brick ridge stacks to south. Four bay cruck range, of single storey plus attics, to west with two storey three bay part to east at right angles and further three bay two storey C19 part attached to south. North elevation, on to the street, has gabled early C18 bay to west with a large, small pane C19 shop front and a segment headed doorcase with panelled door. Above there is a central segment headed three-light horizontal sliding, glazing bar, sash. To west the thatched part has three similar windows with a small segment headed fixed pane window between the eastern two windows and a similar two-light sash window in former doorcase between the western two. Above this two-light window is an eyebrow dormer with a similar two-light window. East elevation has C18 cottage to north with a segment headed two-light casement window to north and a wide segment headed opening to south now filled by glazed screen and door. Above there is a small off-centre oval window with flat headed two-light horizontal sliding, glazing bar, sash to north and similar three-light window to south. C19 part attached to south has stone rubble base with two three-light small paned casements and a central single light window, plus three two-light similar casements above. West gable wall has exposed full cruck truss with crossed apex plus ridge purlin, two high collars and single butt purlins. Interior has three further cruck trusses and low beamed ceilings, also with large inglenook fireplace with panelled cupboards in C18 part. Listing NGR: SK3851725141.' (3)