Description

SOMERTON CHURCH STREET SP42NE (South side) 2/78 Nos.1, 2 and 3 GV II

Farmhouse, now 3 cottages. C17 and C18 extended C20. Limestone rubble with wooden lintels and some squared quoins; Welsh-slate roofs with stone-and-brick gable stacks. 3-unit plan with rear wing, subdivided. 2 storeys. 3 bays to right of 5-window front have a steep-pitched roof and represent the original main range; the adjoining doorways of Nos.2 and 3 (the former an insertion) are flanked by casements of 2 and 4 lights, and at first floor a 2-light casement remains between enlarged windows of 3 lights. The 2-window section to left (No.1) was probably raised from a contemporary single-storey bay, and has 2-light casements; it shares a 3-shaft stack with No.2. The right gable wall of the range has been partly rebuilt at an early date, and it carries an ashlar based stack; it returns to a short rear wing. C20 single-storey extensions to rear. Interior: Chamfered beams. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP4973928626

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