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CREWKERNE

ST4409 CHURCH STREET 876-1/7/28 (South side) 06/09/74 No.1 including shop adjoining to east (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (South side) No.1) (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (South side) Shop occupied by Irene Stagg)

GV II

Two shops with dwellings. No.1 is a late C18 remodelling and refronting of a probably late C17 house. MATERIALS: coursed and dressed limestone with ashlar dressings, slate roof and brick right (west) end stack. PLAN: double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3-window front with rusticated quoins and moulded cornice to parapet. Moulded architraves to late C19 2/2-pane sashes. Fine doorcase with pilasters to imposts, frieze and cornice. Mid/late C19 flanking shop fronts with dentilled cornices. C17 stone-mullioned window surviving from earlier house to rear. INTERIOR not inspected. Shop with dwelling to left: c1840. MATERIALS: Ham Hill stone ashlar; pantile roof, hipped to the east, facing Market Street, and stepped stone coping with a brick stack to the west gable end. PLAN: double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. All windows on the first-floor are late C19 horned 2/2-pane sashes; one to the east and 2 facing north. Both facades have setback incised pilasters with triglyph capitals resting on a continuous projecting porch, and supporting a moulded cornice and parapet. The centre of the east facade is slightly stepped back at first-floor level. The mid C19 shopfront has panelled pilasters to the sides and flanking the C20 door which is on a canted bay to the ground-floor; 2 plate-glass panes to each side between colonnettes with ornamented tops. Beneath the window to the far right is a similar but narrower window. INTERIOR: said by the occupier to be completely altered.

Listing NGR: ST4408809740

External Links

• Wikidata Q26498550

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)