Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 WEST STREET
876-1/7/169 (South side)
06/09/74 Nos.1 AND 3

II

Corner hotel, now shops. Early C19.
MATERIALS: limestone rubble with Ham Hill stone lower courses;
slate roof with brick stacks to gable ends and
right-of-centre.
PLAN: double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 3-window range. 8/8-pane sashes to the
front under wooden lintels to second-floor windows at eaves
level; flat gauged arches to the first floor. The north-east
corner is canted toward Hermitage Street, and has an eaves
cornice to the front. No.3 to the far right has a C20 door
with a C20 shop window to its left; No.1, to the left, has an
8/8-pane sash to the centre of the block and a 6-panel door
with a semi-circular fanlight set in a round arch, set-back
doorway to its left; to the left of that is a mid C19
projecting shop window of 2 rows of 4 panes. On the canted
bay, at the corner, are mid C19 double doors with a large
overlight of 2 panes. Above this, in worn paint are the words:
DRAYTON'S TEMPERANCE HOTEL.
The left return, in Hermitage Street, has a late C19,
two-over-two-pane sash to ground-floor right, with 2 blind
windows above, and 2-light casement windows to the left.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST4410209583

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503765

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