Description

MINEHEAD

SS9646 COURT GREEN
900-1/3/28 (North side)
28/10/76 Nos.1 AND 2
including outbuilding to the left
and garden wall
(Formerly Listed as:
COURT GREEN
(North side)
Nos.1 AND 2
including outbuilding to left)

GV II

2 cottages and outbuilding. Late C17/early C18; No.1 altered
and refronted in mid C19. Incised render to No.1 to the right,
painted rubblestone to No.2, continuous slate roof including
outbuilding with brick stacks to right gable end, forward
slope of party wall and ridge to left of No.2. No.1 is 2-unit
plan, No.2 is one-unit plan; both with outshut.
2 storeys; No.1 is 3-window range, No.2 is one-window range.
Upper windows are at eaves level. No.1 has painted stone
long/short rusticated quoins, that to the right, on the
corner, is chamfered off to the ground floor. The C19
right-of-centre halved planked door under a slate lean-to
porch on brackets has a C17 low 4-light mullioned window to
the right and a blank wall toward the corner implying a former
open fire, to the left is a C19 three-light window. C19 two-
and three-light casement windows at eaves level, all with 3
panes to each leaf. The rear outshut has a repositioned C17
ovolo-moulded mullioned window and a brick stack to the rear.
INTERIOR: stop-chamfered beams to both ground-floor rooms. The
room to the left has a former open fire and an early C18
semicircular alcove with fretted shelves. The room to the
right has a spiral staircase to the left of a former open
fire. Roof not seen.
No.2 has a planked door and similar porch to No.1 to the right
and a C17 four-light mullioned window with C20 leaded panes
over a window of similar proportions but of 3 lights, probably
C19: interior not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: to the left of No.2 the full-height
outbuilding continues for approx 12m with a high shallow
segmental arch to a carriage entrance and double planked
doors. Attached to the rear of No.1 a rubblestone wall approx
2m high and 20m long curves to enclose the back gardens.

Listing NGR: SS9666346058

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568923

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