Description

CREWKERNE

ST4309 CHURCH STREET 876-1/6/41 (South side) 06/09/74 No.19 Pyrnham and attached wall to the right (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (South side) Nos.13-19 (Odd))

GV II

House. Early C18 with 19 and C20 alterations. MATERIALS: coursed and squared Ham Hill stone and limestone rubble, plain tile roof with forward-of-centre brick stack, hipped to front; stepped stone coping and brick stack to rear gable end. PLAN: 3-unit plan at a right-angle to church steps, with an entrance and through-passage in house to the left, No.17 (qv). EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; one-window range to front, 3-window range to right return, facing west. Windows to the front are in forward frames, 8/8-panes to first-floor, 10/10-panes to ground-floor which has an architrave of stone jambs and matching wooden lintel, possibly an early C19 shopfront. The first-floor of the right return has C20 chamfered stone mullioned windows to the right, and C20 metal-framed to the left; the ground-floor has a C20 French window inserted into the architrave of a former mullioned window, and a 4-light mullioned window to the right. INTERIOR: a large stack to the internal wall shows evidence of having had open fireplaces to both sides; the front room has a stone-flagged floor; a chamfered cross-beam to each ground-floor room, and an open fireplace to the rear room. c1850 alterations include a staircase with stick balusters and turned newels, a stair window to the right return with coloured margin-panes, and 4-panel doors. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: An attached coursed and squared limestone wall approx 2m high, with Ham Hill stone coping, encloses the garden to the right, (west).

Listing NGR: ST4398509761

External Links

• Wikidata Q26503202

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