Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 ABBEY STREET
876-1/7/2 (North side)
06/09/74 No.2
and attached wall and archway

GV II

House, now 2 shops. Early C19 with later C19 shop fronts.
MATERIALS: painted brick to front, unpainted to right return
(west), limestone rubble to the rest; hipped slate roof with
brick stacks to sides and rear.
PLAN: double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic, 3-window range. The late C19
shop to the front has panelled pilasters supporting heavy
consoles to a plain fascia. The first-floor has three 6/6 pane
sashes.
The right return, in North Street, is almost symmetrical
4-window range with a platband at cill level; the first-floor
has a 6/6-pane tripartite sash to the far right, and a
similar-sized blind window to far left; a 6/6-pane sash to
inside right and a similar blind window to inside left; below
the one to the far left is a large round-arch recess with a
tripartite window painted as a trompe l'oeil, and the North
Street sign is fixed in the upper part; to the inside left is
a similar trompe l'oeil of a 6/6-pane sash; to the far right
is a round-arch recess with a C20 window in the lower part,
and to the inside-right is a set-back door with a round-arch
window serving as a large fanlight. Front and right slopes of
the roof each have a flat-roofed dormer.
To the rear of the building is a lower, 2-storey extension
with one 3-light casement window to the first-floor and
tripartite 6/6-pane sash under a segmental arch to the
ground-floor.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: stepped-back from the left of the facade,
is approximately 1.5m of Ham Hill stone wall with coping,
fronting a single-storey lean-to which has a recessed
round-arch doorcase with imposts, and a 6-panel door under a
C20 fanlight.

Listing NGR: ST4411009874

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570915

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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