Description

SK 23 60 PARISH OF WINSTER WEST BANK
3/61 (West Side)
12.7.67 'Dower House'
GV II

House. Late C17 with alterations and additions in C18 and C19. Coursed rubble
limestone with gritstone dressings, flush quoins, coped gables, moulded kneelers,
intermediate and end ridge stacks, together with south and west side wall stacks,
all ashlar, Welsh slates. C17 'L' plan, obscured by C19 addition on west side.
South elevation: Irregular facade of three storeys and four bays, with 3-light
recessed chamfer mullioned windows beneath continuous string courses at ground
and first floor levels. Blocked 3-light and single light contemporary openings to
east end. Restored mullioned windows at west end ground floor increased in height.
Leaded lights with saddle bars, and timber and metal casements with glazing bars.
East elevation: Double gabled front, with blocked 2 and single light C17 windows
replaced by glazing bar sashes set into projecting stone frames, the openings to
the first floor coupled. C17 moulded strings cut away to form flush bands above
ground and first floor window heads. Off-centre doorway, formerly with quoined
surround, now with C18 moulded shouldered architrave. C20 half glazed door.
Interior much altered, but with date plaque above first floor fireplace with date
of 1681.

Listing NGR: SK2398460574

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26403051

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)