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Listed Building record MDR25173 - Dower House Cottage and Outbuilding, Penn Lane, Melbourne

Type and Period (3)

  • ? (Stuart to 21st Century - 1700 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Stuart to 21st Century - 1700 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Stuart to 21st Century - 1700 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

Dower House Cottage and outbuilding, Penn Lane, Melbourne, of 17th century date. From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE PENN LANE 6/146 (East Side) 18.2.71 Dower House Cottage and Attached Outbuildings GV II Cottage with attached outbuildings. C17 with later alterations and mid C19 additions. Rubble stone with flush quoins and red brick addition and outbuildings. Steeply pitched red clay tile roof with brick ridge stack to house, and blue tile roof with dentilled eaves band to outbuildings. Single storey plus attics and three bays, two to north of stone rubble and southern one of red brick. C20 glazed door has leaded 2-light casements to either side and an iron casement window below plain stone lintel to south. Above there are three raking dormers with 2-light horizontal sliding glazing bar sashes, that to north with brick infil of earlier window below. Attached to south the mid C19 single storey outbuilding has a segment headed doorcase plus plank door, with single light metal window and three small adjoining glazing bar sashes below a plain stone lintel to south. Listing NGR: SK3883025002.' (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1334647?section=official-list-entry.

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Location

Grid reference SK 38830 25002 (point)
Civil Parish MELBOURNE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 25 2026 12:00PM

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