Description

SS 9745
900-1/4/118
4/7/52

MINEHEAD
BIRCHAM ROAD
(South side), Alcombe
Nos 1-5 (Consecutive) The Terrace and attached walls and gatepiers
(Formerly Listed as: BIRCHAM ROAD
(South side), Alcombe Nos. 2-5 (Consecutive) The Terrace and attached walls and gatepiers)

GV
II

Terrace of 5 houses flanked on the left by Alcombe House (qv) and on the right by Alcombe Hall (qv), raised above the road Early C19 (c1830s). Painted render over rubblestone; partly crested slate roof with brick stacks to party walls. Double-depth plans with rear wings. 3 storeys; each house of one-window range. Windows to Nos 1, 2 & 3 are 6/6-pane tripartite sashes with 3/6 panes to the second floor; those to Nos 4 & Slate C20. 6-panel doors to the left of Nos 1, 3 & 5, to right of Nos 2 & 4, in pairs under a shared porch and glazed to the tops. Tall 2-storey service blocks to rear with hipped and gabled roofs. INTERIORS not inspected SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a replacement rubblestone retaining wall fronts the site; 2 original rubblestone walls sweep up to connect with the building; the rubblestone gate piers have brick quoins.

Listing NGR: SS9776345116

External Links

• Wikidata Q26502522

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)