Description

ST22NW CHEDDON FITZPAINE CP
UPPER CHEDDON

5/58 Nos 1 and 2 Barton Cottages

II

Farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. Late C15-early C16, altered late C19-early C20 by Samson and Cottan of Taunton. Red
sandstone random rubble, roughcast facade and right return, concrete double Roman tiles, overhanging eaves with slight
bell-cast and sprockets, brick stacks between first and second bays left and right of centre. Plan: 4 cell and cross
passage with cross wing right. One and a half storeys, 4 bays, second bay left slightly recessed, all C19 casements,
2-light casement left below eaves, 4 and 2-light gabled dormers centre, 3-light in crosswing right gable end, ground
floor unlit left bay, 3-light casements flanking original entrance, 2-light in right gable end, second entrance in
re-entrant angle, plank doors. Interior: only righthand dwelling sighted, remains of plank and muntin screen dividing
crosswing laterally with remains of painted decoration comprising 3 female figures; 7-panel steeply chamfered
compartment ceiling also with remains of painted decoration centre right, chamfered lintel to crosspassage fireplace,
winder stair with newel post at junction with crosswing; bases of 2 pairs of jointed crucks in crosswing and 3 small
plasterwork-panels, a lion and 2 Tudor roses in bedroom. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, January 1983).

Listing NGR: ST2320828517

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628213

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)