Description

MINEHEAD

SS9646 CHURCH STEPS
900-1/3/14 (West side)
04/07/52 No.1
and attached wall to north-east
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STEPS
(West side)
No.1)

GV II

House. C16. Red sandstone rubble with some limestone, rendered
to the north-east; C20 gabled plain tile roof with exposed
rafter-ends; large external rubblestone stack off-set at and
above the eaves with brick shaft to front (north-east) facade;
rubblestone corbelled stack to first-floor left return.
2-unit plan with entry to right of hall with lateral stack to
left of door, stair bay projecting to rear and first-floor
room with corbelled stack.
2 storeys; 3-window range. Flat arches to mostly 2-light
hollow-moulded pegged oak-framed windows with C20 leaded
lights, some with grilles; similar small single-light window
at eaves level to stair bay at rear. To right of the main
stack a restored C16 chamfered oak doorcase and a planked and
studded door with strap hinges, over it a small single-light
window in an oak frame; to the far right are two C19
three-light casement windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as have a stone spiral stair
to the rear.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a rubblestone wall approx 2m high and 3m
long is attached to the south-east corner.
HISTORY: in 1731 the Poor Rate became so burdensome that the
parish meeting was convinced that it would be more economical
to gather the poor together in a workhouse, so they leased
Punter's tenement at the foot of Church Steps for a rent of
»6.5s per annum.
(Binding H: Minehead: A New History: Minehead: 1977-: 136).

Listing NGR: SS9663646729

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568957

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6