Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 HERMITAGE STREET
876-1/7/84 (East side)
06/09/74 No.89
Curriott House and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
HERMITAGE STREET
(East side)
No.89
The Homestead and garden railings to
the west)

II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17.
MATERIALS: coursed limestone rubble with Ham Hill stone
dressings, a steep pitched slate roof, stepped stone copings
and brick stacks to gable ends.
PLAN: 3-unit central-entry plan with C19 rear wing to the
left.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. All windows
have hollow-moulded stone mullions, 2-light casements to the
first-floor at eaves-level, and 3-light to the ground-floor,
under label moulds. The C18 six-panel door, planked at the
back and glazed to the top, is under a wooden lintel. The
right of the rear wing has a flat stone porch to the entrance
facing the former farmyard.
INTERIOR: An open fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel to
the rear wall of the rear wing, is said to have had a stairs
to the right corner; an open fireplace to the left gable end
is square, with roll-moulding to the edge. Each room has a
chamfered cross-beam. 4 collar trusses with trenched purlins,
jointed at the main rafters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to the house and fronting the
long garden is a limestone rubble plinth supporting spearhead
railings; these have elaborate scroll supports and double
gates to the centre.

Listing NGR: ST4404909216

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570908

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