Description

ST 86 SW WINSLEY TURLEIGH

4/313 The Lyns

13.11.62

GV II

Farmhouse, C16, refronted in C18, rubble stone with stone slate
roofs, east end stack and ridge stack to main range, west chimney
gable to west end cross wing. Two storeys and attic. Main range
has regular three-window front of C18 cyma-moulded flush mullion
windows, 3-light each side, 2-light to centre over plank door in
raised moulded surround with hood on brackets. Ground floor
windows have hoodmoulds. Lower cross wing has gable projecting to
north and ovolo-moulded C17 mullion windows with hoodmoulds, one 3-
light to ground and first floors, one 2-light to attic. Roof of
main range is hipped down to cross wing ridge.
Interior: Possible former open hall house, of three room and cross
passage plan with fine Tudor-arched fireplaces in hall and on each
floor of cross wing. Hall has high inserted 4-panel compartmental
ceiling with deep hollow-moulded beams. Trusses above have some
smoke blackening. South end floor levels bear no relation to C18
front, heavy chamfered and stopped beams. North end room has very
heavy floor joists.
Probably the house of the Druce family, recorded in Turleigh from
C16.

Listing NGR: ST8050960708

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26573918

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living