Description

MINEHEAD

SS9646 CHURCH ROAD
900-1/3/13 (East side)
28/10/76 Nos.1 AND 2
Church Farm Cottages and attached
wall
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH ROAD
(East side)
Nos.1 AND 2
Church Farm Cottages)

GV II

2 cottages. C17, heightened and altered in C19. Painted render
over rubble or cob; plain tile roof with exposed rafter ends
and a rear lateral stone stack finished in brick to the right.
The cottage to the left was probably formerly 2-unit plan,
that to the right single-unit, possibly a former outbuilding,
now with a single-storey rear right wing.
2 storeys; 4-window range. The block to the left is slightly
taller and deeper but the range to the far left is stepped
slightly back with small 3-light casement window over a C20
window, possibly a former entrance; other windows to that
block are C20 two-light casements with small panes. The block
to the right also stepped back slightly, has a C20 gabled
porch on brackets to the left; above it, a tiny square window
of one pane has a vertical iron bar to the centre; an early
C19 leaded 3-light casement window to the first-floor centre;
a larger late C19 window to the ground-floor right. Rear
lean-to re-rendered and reroofed c1994. Rear wing to No.2 with
late C20 roof light.
INTERIOR: No.1 to the left has a chamfered axial beam, exposed
principal rafters to probable collar truss roof and stone
newel stair.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a diagonal buttress to the south-west
corner extends as a wall approx 1m high for 15m southwards.

Listing NGR: SS9670946820

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569130

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)