Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 CHURCH STREET 876-1/7/30 (South side) 06/09/74 Nos.5 AND 7 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (South side) No.5) (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (South side) No.7)

GV II

House, now offices. Early C18. MATERIALS: coursed limestone rubble with Ham Hill stone dressings, slate roof with tall cream brick stacks to gable ends. PLAN: 2-unit plan with central stairhall and long rear service wing to the right, now called No.7. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 5-window range, excluding the service entrance. Moulded cornice and parapet; rusticated quoins; lead hopperhead and downpipe. 6-panel door to the service wing (No.7) in a moulded architrave. Moulded architraves to 6/6-pane sashes; the doorcase, with a 6-panel door, has fluted pilasters supporting a cornice and pediment. INTERIOR: altered c1840 and c1980. The main staircase was removed in the conversion to offices, the c1840 service stairs to the far right survive. The room to the right has a c1840 reeded cornice, embellished late C19, and elliptical-arched recesses flanking a former fireplace; the dado rail and architrave in this room are early C18. The character of the service wing is C19, the end room has a stone fire-surround with a segmental arch, a dumb waiter to its left, and a late C19 built-in dresser. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: spearhead railings on a Ham Hill stone plinth, flank the door and curve forward to enclose the forecourts, then curve back again to meet the quoins. Part of a group of early C18 town houses in Church Street.

Listing NGR: ST4404009748

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