Description

CREWKERNE

ST4309 POPLE'S WELL 876-1/6/155 (South side) 06/09/74 The Grove, East Grove and West Grove and attached walls and gates

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Rectory, now 3 dwellings. 1824; extended in 2 stages, mid/late C19. MATERIALS: Ham Hill stone ashlar, hipped slate roof to centre block, with rendered stacks to former side walls, that to the right is stone with a cornice an string course; slate roofs of side wings hipped to each side with brick stacks to outer side walls. PLAN: double-depth plan with 2-storey lean-to to the rear of the central block. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range to the main block: one-window range to both later C19 two-storey side wings. A wide flight of steps leads up to the Tuscan-style porch of the original building; in this block all windows have flat gauged stone arches over C19 horned 2/2-pane sashes, diminishing in size towards the top. Both the side wings have one large plate-glass tripartite window to each floor, those to the ground floor under gauged segmental arches and gauged cambered arches to the first floor. The wing to the right is stepped-forward from the main block, that to the left is set-back. INTERIOR not inspected but noted as having flagstone paving in the hall and an early C19 staircase to the rear right; this is open string with stick balusters, fretted ends and wreathed mahogany rail and curtail step. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a high rubblestone wall with Ham Hill stone coping extends forward (south east) for approx 30m, then curves in to meet late C19 Ham Hill stone gate piers to the front of the house; these have plinths, coved cornices and square, swept domed caps; the wide wooden gate has a frame of 2 squares with diagonal cross-braces to each and 4 horizontal rails threaded through the whole width. (Pulman GPR: The Book of The Axe: Kingsmead Reprints Bath: 1875-1969: P.330).

Listing NGR: ST4381109932

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)