Description

UPTON PYNE
SX 99 NW
3/50 Lower Nettacott
-
- II
A substantial house of the C16 and early C17. Cob on a stone plinth with slate
(formerly thatched) gable-ended roof. It is of the 3-room and through passage
plan type, with a room added quite early in the building's history to the left-hand
side. 2 storeys throughout. The front elevation is dominated by an external
lateral stack (with a tiny firewindow) which stands to the right of the through
passage entrance which has a large, wooden, semi-circular headed, single-chamfered
arch and jambs. To the right of the stack is an original 10-light window, wooden,
with a transom and mullions with ovolo mouldings. All other casements (7 windows
at ground floor level, 7 above) are C20. The rear elevation has been much altered;
all windows are C20 and an old photograph shows a (now replaced) 2-light mullioned
window to have been the only window here originally. Back door to through passage
blocked, but with its single-chamfered arch remaining in situ. The left-hand gable
end has 3 small original window openings, the right-hand has none. The internal
arrangements show the hall and inner chamber to have been to the right of the
passage, service-room to the left, and the later room to the left of this. This
building sequence is reflected in the roof-bay divisions. There are 5 roof bays in
all, 4 with oak jointed crucks and the left (newer) bay being wider than the others
with a chestnut jointed cruck. The through passage has been blocked by a C20
staircase at rear. The hall was originally open to the roof for there is evidence
of the service-end rooms being jettied about 3 feet into the hall space. Hall
fireplace, large, with stone jambs and an oak lintel which also forms a substantial
mantelpiece, all of one timber. Mouldings are ovolo and cavetto. The screen
marking the division between hall and inner chamber has been removed to the right-
hand end of the house. It is of panel and stud construction, but 2 door lintels
and single-chamfered posts with mortices and screen grooves survive in situ. Beams
are single chamfered. A stud and panel screen survives between passage and service
room, and a stud and cob screen between this room and the newer extension which
contains a single chamfered elm main beam.

Listing NGR: SX9010699524

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389836

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)