Listed Building: MILLS FARMHOUSE (280161)

LAXFIELD DENNINGTON ROAD TM 27 SE 4/41 Mills Farmhouse -- II Farmhouse. Early C17. Timber framed and plastered with a plaintiled roof. 2 storeys and attic. 2-cell front range with a further wing to rear. 2 windows, C18 small-paned casements. Central axial stack with rebuilt shaft. Mid C20 entrance door in rear wing. Ground floor of front range has one room with ovolo-moulded bridging beam and joists set on edge. The opposite room and both first floor chambers have cross-beamed-ceilings, also ovolo-moulded. In the chambers, 2 good 3-centre arched brick fireplaces and intact studding with reversed bracing. The end section of the range to the rear comprises part of a second wing parallel to the front range, probably of similar date. Ground floor to rear somewhat altered, with many re-used timbers; one floor beam is dated 1675. Listing NGR: TM2901271007