Description

ZEAL MONACHORUM SS 60 SE 3/74 - Newton House II

House, former farmhouse. Late C16-early C17 origins; much rebuilt in late C17-early C18, modernised in mid C19 and again circa 1960. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble and cob stacks, mostly disused but one topped with C20 brick; mostly thatch, some corrugated iron. The present plan appears to derive from a major late C17-early C18 rearrangements of a late C16-early C17 house. The main block faces south-east. The house is at the left end and comprises 3 rooms with a cider house at the right end. The 2 main rooms of the house are those at the left end and are separated by a through-passage. Between those 2 and the cider store is a smaller heated room. All 3 rooms have stacks to the left, 1 end stack and 2 axial stacks. The house appears once to have extended further to the left. The main room right of the passage includes a late C17 early C18 winder stair alongside the fireplace towards the front. There is a contemporary kitchen at right angles to rear of the room left of the passage. It has a cob end stack. There are C19 and C20 outshots either side of the kitchen. 2 storeys. The house has an irregular 3-window front containing a variety of window types. The main doorway contains a Cl9 plank door. To left a C19 3-light casement with glazing bars; to right a mid C19 horizontal-sliding sash (9 panes each); another directly above and a similar 3-light version over the casement. Above the door is a C19 fixed-pane round-headed window in a square-headed embrasure. It contains a radial pattern of glazing bars. There is another at left end and a similar pattern to the overlight of the secondary door to the right room of the house. According to the owners these round-headed windows were introduced when nearby Lower Newton Chapel became redundant. To right of the house the cider house has a late C16-early C17 Tudor-arched doorframe and a possibly contemporary oak 3-light window frame with chamfered mullions. The first floor fixed pane window with glazing bars to left is probably a replacement of a first floor loading hatch. Roof is gable-ended to left and hipped to right. The rear block is gable-ended and rear has mostly C20 casements with glazing bars. Interior In the house no floor beams or joists are exposed. 2 of the main block fireplaces are blocked and the third (the left end) can be seen to be built of neat local stone rubble but the lintel is covered. The kitchen has a large roughly soffit-chamfered oak lintel across the full width of the room. Late C17 early C18 joinery detail is widespread. Several solid oak doorframes have bead-moulded surrounds and some still contain 2-panel doors. At first floor level alongside the left end fireplace, the cupboard has a panelled and scratch-moulded door. The house roof is largely inaccessible, but the feet of large principals can be seen indicating A-frame trusses and from the cider-house X-apexes can be seen over the house. The cider-house itself has 2 A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. The inner hall (nearest the house) appears to be smoke-blackened, but surely can only be so if this end was used industrially. The floor beams appear to be secondary, possbily C19. This end is very difficult to work out.

Listing NGR: SS6993204545

External Links

• Wikidata Q26457000

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6