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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498551

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Recommended Books

• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record
• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)