Description

ST 9152
11/40

BRATTON
MELBOURNE STREET
(south side)
No 1

GV
II

Detached house. GMW 1621 TDC relief-carved on lintel over door,
altered C19. Rubble stone with timber-framing to rear, thatched
roof with axial brick stack. Baffle-entry. Two-storey, 3-window.
Central planked door with carved lintel in C20 brick porch, 4-light
wooden mullioned casement either side. First floor has central
single light with wooden ovolo-mullioned casement either side.
Range to right rebuilt late C19 with central planked door with
segmental-headed 4-light casement either side and 2-light casement
to first floor. Right return rendered with single-light casement
to first floor. Left return rebuilt in stretcher bond brick c1950
with steel casements. Rear has 3-light wood mullioned casement and
2-light steel casement to right with 3-light and 2-light diamond
leaded casement to first floor, range to left with restored timber-
framing, chamfered surround to planked door and two eyebrow dormers
with 2-light casements, C20 lean-to extension.
Interior of east range has deeply chamfered beams with bar stops,
open fireplace with lozenge decoration to partly cut lintel, stone
jambs. Planked doors in chamfered or ovolo-moulded doorcases,
winding stairs on south side of stack. First floor has open
fireplace with cambered lintel, exposed timber-framed wall between
two ranges. West range retains timber-framed partitions to first
floor, planked doors and deep chamfered beams, large open fireplace
with cambered lintel on restored stone jambs to ground floor west
gable.

Listing NGR: ST9159852465

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26646057

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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