Description

PITMINSTER CP ST2lNW BLAGDON HILL 10/104 Wayside GV II Farmhouse, now cottage. Late medieval, ceiled C16, minor alterations C18, refenestrated late C19-early C20. Rendered over rubble, double Roman tile roof with slight bell-cast, decorative ridge tiles, roughcast stacks gable ends. Plan:simple ended open hall house originally extending further west, ceiled to 2-cell with stair set against central axial wall. Two storeys, 2 bays, irregularly placed 3-light casements, entrance centre, double Roman tiled lean-to roofed roughcast porch,C20; right return unlit; said to have altered 4-light hollow chamfered mullioned window on rear elevation. Interior: not seen, said to contain smoke blackened joint cruck truss with evidence of original arch braced open hall roof with wind bracing; C17 stair set beside remains of earlier timber framed partiton to east end with small shell-headed niche, fielded panelled door below, beside semi-circular brick fireplace, fielded panelled door to room.It has been recorded that the width of the dwelling is exceptional suggesting that this night be the remains of a medieval house of some quality. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, January 1983).

Listing NGR: ST2115018883

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