Description

CREWKERNE

ST4409 ORCHARD LANE
876-1/7/149 (West side)
06/09/74 Orchard House and Vine House
(Formerly Listed as:
ORCHARD LANE
Orchard House)

II

House, now 2 dwellings. C16 or C17 and early C19.
MATERIALS: coursed and squared Ham Hill stone, slate roof with
stepped stone coping and rendered stacks to gable ends and
left-of-centre of ridge.
PLAN: 3-unit through-passage plan with rear right wing. The
right-hand range and the rear wing are now another dwelling
called Vine House.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics; 4-window range. Windows are
C19. The first floor has flat gauged stone arches over 2 tall
3-light casements to the left and wooden lintels to horned
6/6-pane sashes to the right. The ground floor has an 8/8-pane
sash to the far left, a large C20 replaced 3-light leaded
casement to inside left and a c1840 doorcase with
key-patterned tops to panelled pilasters and a moulded
cornice; the door has 5-panels, one horizontal to the middle,
all with C19 bolection moulding and raised panels with cut-out
corners; ground-floor windows to the right. The rear wing is
trapezoid with the gable end canted to the shape of the lane
to the rear.
INTERIOR: the room to the left has a chamfered axial beam; the
C19 staircase to the rear left is closed string with stick
balusters, stepped and swept pine rail and turned newel; the
wall to the right of the door is 2 metres thick with a C20
fireplace in the central room, probably a former open
fireplace; this room has oak floorboards, an early C19 reeded
cornice and elliptical arches flanking the fireplace. The door
to the attic stairs at the left end is C17 with H hinges, the
winding stairs and attic floorboards are oak; the plastered
and rounded top of the ridge stack remains; early C18 small
square hatch giving onto the eaves space has one raised and
fielded panel; the wide front door has raised and fielded
panelling to the back and could be remodelled early C18. The
rear right wing has a stone-flagged floor and a chamfered
cross beam.

Listing NGR: ST4425509797

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570957

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)