Description

KEEVIL MAIN STREET
ST 9257
(north side)
14/130 No 22 (The Old Bakery)
GV II

Detached house. Early C17, late C17 and early C19. Square-panelled
timber-framing with painted brick nogging, thatched roof, English
bond brick; C19 bay with Welsh slate roof, brick stacks to right
gable ends of each build. Two-storey, 3-window. Planked door with
thatched canopy, 2-light casement to left and two 2-light casements
to right, early C19 bay has 16-pane sash to ground and first
floors. First floor of C17 build has 2-light casement to left bay
and 3-light casement to right-hand raking dormer. Rear has lean-to
extension, 16-pane sashes to C19 bay, 4-light attic casement,
single-storey wing to right; former bakehouse.
Interior has chamfered beams with bar stops, open fireplace with
chamfered lintel on stone jambs, planked doors. Bake ovens in rear
extension; cast iron, made by F.W. Jones of Fishponds, Bristol.
As well as being the village bakery, this house was also used as a
Post Office c1900.

Listing NGR: ST9203958015

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543413

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair