Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 OXEN ROAD
876-1/7/151 (East side)
06/09/74 No.8
Holly Cottage
(Formerly Listed as:
OXEN ROAD
(East side)
No.8
Myrtle Cottage)

II

House. c1840. Ham Hill stone ashlar, stepped stone coping,
eaves cornice, and moulded kneelers to slate roof with brick
stacks to gable ends, that to the left is truncated.
Double-depth plan with rear extension. 2 storeys; symmetrical
3-window range. All windows are C20 horned 2/2-pane sashes.
The ground-floor has a segmental arch over a recessed C20
door, flanked by wide segmental-arched recesses containing the
windows, below a platband; the cills span the recesses. Flat
stone arches over first-floor sashes beneath moulded cornice.
INTERIOR: the central passage has stairs leading off it
between the rooms to the left, under an elliptical arch. To
the rear of the main building, now inside, is a Tuscan-style
pillar to a former porch, its pair is removed to the garden.
HISTORY: it is said that this house was once the Valliant
Soldier Inn.

Listing NGR: ST4403509643

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498511

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Recommended Books

• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living