Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 ABBEY STREET
876-1/7/8 (North side)
06/09/74 No.20
The Chimes

GV II

House. Early or mid C19 with C17 wing. Rough Ham Hill stone
ashlar with stepped stone coping to a slate roofs and brick
stacks to gable ends of main house. 2-unit central-entry plan
with C17 one-unit wing to right. 2 storeys, symmetrical
3-window range. Stone lintels over 8/8-pane sashes. 6-panel
door with semi-circular overlight set-back in round arch with
stepped architrave with reeded imposts. To the right is a C17,
lower 2-storey wing with a 3-light mullioned window to each
floor. INTERIOR: the straight-flight staircase to the rear
left is open string with stick balusters and turned newel.
Both ground-floor rooms have reeded cornices, the room to the
left has elliptical recesses flanking a former fireplace, the
room to the right has a Regency-style fire surround. Steps
down to C17 wing which has a stone-flagged ground floor with
c1700 wall cupboards flanking an early C18 plain wooden fire
surround to a C20 grate. The attic has oak floorboards and
pegged trenched purlins to roof.

Listing NGR: ST4400609870

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498582

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)