| Summary : An early 14th century house which was altered and extended in the 16th century and remodelled in the early and late 19th century. The house is believed to have been built for John de Mowbray, Lord of the Manor of Melton. It is timber-framed with brick infilling, rendered in the 19th century, under a hipped and gabled pantile roof. The building is of two storeys with the front (south) range containing two bays of a 14th century crown post roof frame at the east end. To the left is a 16th century west range with the first floor framed in four bays plus a framed north gable wall. On the east side of the west range there is a short, gabled, framed 16th century wing. The south front contains late 19th century shop fronts. |