Description

MINEHEAD

SS9744 CEFN COURT, Alcombe
900-1/5/127 (North West side)
04/07/52 Nos.7 AND 8
(Formerly Listed as:
MANOR ROAD, Alcombe
(North West side)
Nos.20, 22
(Stanley Cottage) and Nos.7 and 8
Cefn Court)

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Formerly known as: Stanley Cottage, cottage adjoining Stanley
Cottage and No.7 Cefn Court MANOR ROAD Alcombe.
2 cottages to rear of Nos 20 and 22 Manor Road (qv). C16 or
C17 and early C19. Painted rubblestone, thatched, slate and
double-Roman tile roof, rendered ridge stack to left, brick
stack to right gable end. 2-unit plans.
2 storeys with attic; each cottage is one-window range.
No.7 is an early C19 two-storeyed, slate-roofed extension to
the thatched rear left wing of No.22 Manor Road (qv). To the
far left, close to the angle, is a C20 door with a 3-light
casement window with leaded lights to the right; above, at
eaves level, is 2-light casement window with one leaded leaf.
No.8 was formerly a thatched gabled 2-storey rear right wing
to No.20 Manor Road (qv). C20 doors and small C19 casement
windows; a 2-light to centre, and a single-light to the right
of the first-floor of the gable end with a C20 door to the
left under a C20 gabled porch.
INTERIOR: No.8 has an open fire to the rear wall of the main
room with a spiral stair to the right, 2 stop-chamfered beams
and a door in the right wall. The first floor has a jointed
cruck with trenched purlins in the room over No.20 Manor Road;
the member to the rear has been cut to enlarge the room.

Listing NGR: SS9756544968

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502535

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)