Description

ST6021 RIMPTON CP HIGH STREET (East side)

10/121 Clarke's Cottage

19.4.61

GV II

Cottage, formerly 3 separate cottages. Late Cl7. Stone, part rendered,
colourwashed; thatched roof and porch; brick chimney stacks. Through
passage plan; single-storey with attic, 5-bays. Porch off centre in
bay-3, with timber sides, protecting an early C20 Tudor style door; One
reconstructed stone mullioned window, otherwise 2-light leaded casement
windows to ground floor; above two 3-light casement windows set into the
thatch, the right being of early date with old leading. More casement
windows to rear, and one massive timber door frame of C17 with pointed
arch into which is set a C18/19 door said to have come from Shepton
Mallet prison. Several C17 features inside, the best being a fine
fireplace with wood surround in the middle room downstairs.

Listing NGR: ST6094021800

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629552

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)