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 (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, January 1983).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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26472409

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings