Description

MINEHEAD

SS9646 CHURCH STEPS
900-1/3/15 (East side)
04/07/52 No.2
Old Lantern and attached rubblestone
wall
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STEPS
(East side)
No.2)

GV II

House on corner of Church Steps and Church Street. C17,
heightened, extended and altered in mid C19. Colour-washed
probably over cob; projecting rubblestone gable with stack to
left of door, on north-west facade facing Church Steps; large
external stack to south corner in Church Street, partially
rendered; C19 rubblestone rear and crested slate roof.
2-unit plan with hall to left of probably originally unheated
lower end; C19 rear wing.
2 storeys; 2-window range to both front and left returns. C19
two- and three-light casement windows. To the right of the
rubblestone stack on Church Steps is a C19 single-storey
rectangular bay with a 2-light casement window and a hipped
plain tile roof which extends to the right and forms a porch
over the door to the right where it is supported by a C19
bracket. Above it is a late C18/early C19 three-light leaded
casement window at eaves level. To the left of the stack is a
small leaded window, possibly a fire window. To the far left
is a C19 single-storey lean-to with a corrugated-asbestos
roof, it has a C20 door and window to the far left.
The right return in Church Street has casement windows,
2-light to the first floor and 3-light to the ground floor.
The corner is slightly rounded, suggesting a cob construction.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a rubblestone retaining wall to the rear
garden approx 3m high extends approx 20m along Church Street.

Listing NGR: SS9664846724

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502544

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)