Description

CHERITON FITZPAINE CHERITON FITZPAINE
SS 80 NE
7/24 Lower Saunders
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26.8.65
GV II

House. C16 with C17 improvements. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stacks;
thatched roof. Originally a 3- or 4-room-and-through-passage plan house facing road
to south with inner room at left (west) end. There was apparently a lobby between
hall and inner room with newel stair in projecting turret to rear. Projecting end
stack to inner room (now disused) and projecting rear lateral stack to hall. 2
storeys. Irregular 5 window front of late C19 and C20 copy casement windows with
glazing bars. Passage door towards right end under C20 thatch-gabled hood. Roof is
half-hipped to right and gable-ended to left and carried over the top of the stack.
Secondary door left end and C20 window of leaded panes. Rear includes a small light
with old leaded glass and some small blocked window embrasures.
Interior: the oldest structure apparent shows in the roof. 2 C16 closed trusses at
western end. The western, over lobby-inner room partition, may never have been
filled above collar level as roof appears smoke-blackened either side. C18 or C19
roof over hall, passage and service end. On ground floor any passage screen and
hall-lobby partition have been removed. Cob crosswall to service end. Service room
has plain-chamfered axial beam. Hall has C17 crossbeam, chamfered with scroll stops
and contemporary rubble fireplace, its oak lintel has plain chamfer on slightly
curved soffit. Inner room has late C17-early C18 axial beam, chamfered with runout
stops.

Listing NGR: SS8681906202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400848

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