Description

DUNSFORD BRITON STREET LANE, (west side),
SX 88 NW Dunsford

6/35 Brimblecombes
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GV II

House. Circa early C16 origins, C17 remodelling and possibly extension at the right
end. Whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings; thatched roof hipped at
right end, gabled at left end; axial stack, projecting granite stack at left end.
A 3-room and through passage plan, lower end to the left, the core of which is a 2-
bay medieval open hall house. The stack inserted, probably in the C17, backs on to
the passage; the inner room is unheated, the lower end room heated from the end
stack. A circa C19 stair has been inserted in the passage. A rear left lean-to with
a corrugated iron roof may be a later addition.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front, the eaves thatch eyebrowed over 3 first
floor windows, C19 panelled front door to the passage on the front to the left; to
the right of the front door, a projecting rectangular bread oven. 2- and 3-light
probably C19 casements of 2- and 3-panes per light.
Interior A medieval roof and considerable survival of C17 features. The rear
doorway has chamfered jambs and a cranked lintel. The hall fireplace has stone
rubble jambs and a replaced lintel; chamfered hall cross beam. An oak plank and
muntin screen at the inner end of the hall has chamfered muntins with step stops at
hall bench level. The lower end room has a chamfered cross beam with step stops.
The roof has 2 medieval smoke-blackened jointed cruck trusses with cambered collars
mortised into the principals and a diagonally-set threaded ridge; smoke-blackened
rafters and battens survive.
A particularly nice example of thatched house with a medieval core, associated with a
thatched barn (qv) close to the centre of Dunsford village and contributing to the
very attractive approach to the centre of the village.

Listing NGR: SX8127389135

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509722

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)