Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 EAST STREET 876-1/7/76 (South side) 06/09/74 Ramus House and attached walls and railings

GV II

House. c1840. MATERIALS: Ham Hill stone ashlar with hipped slate roof and stone stacks. PLAN: T-shaped plan with substantial wing stepped forward to the left, and a large C20 extension to the rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 4-window range to the main block. The eaves are wide, on brackets; the quoins facing the street are rusticated, with a platband at cill level. 6/6-pane sashes; the two to the centre are set in a stepped-forward gabled bay, the eaves of which form an open pediment. The 4-panel door to the right has two square panels over it under a narrow hood on consoles. The similar left wing of symmetrical 2-window range has flat gauged arches over two 8/8-pane sashes to the ground floor, which flank a doorcase with incised pilasters and a moulded cornice to a former door, now with a C20 horned 6/6-pane sash inserted. First-floor windows, at eaves level, are C20. The rear of the main building has 4 French windows with margin panes, onto the garden, and 6/6-pane sashes above; incised key-pattern to the pilasters. There is an extensive C20 wing to the rear-left. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a high ashlar wall encloses a forecourt to the right, a stone plinth curves forward and attaches to the north-west corner of the left wing; this supports spearhead railings and square, cast-iron, trellissed gate piers with ball finials.

Listing NGR: ST4427109822

External Links

• Wikidata Q26498565

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets