Description

DOWLISH WAKE CP
DOWLISH WAKE VILLAGE
ST31SE
WAKE VILLAGE
2/37 The Old Parsonage
4.2.58

GV II

Detached house. Circa 1500 origins, modified in each century following. Ham stone cut and squared; thatched roof
between stepped coped gables; brick chimney stacks on stone bases. Two storeys, 2 bays. Horizontal-bar casement windows
of 3 lights to both levels, with C19 part-glazed door between bays, protected by gabled thatched stone porch with open
segmental outer arch; between bay 1 and door a projecting chimney stack with offsets of medieval detail. Inside, a two-
room cross-passage plan and in south room a 3-centre-arched stone fireplace set into east wall, and several beam, one
of which is a fragment of a moulded beam-and panel ceiling. On first floor indications of possible truck truss in
central will; the cupboard staircase, doors, etc suggest a major late C18 reshaping; C20 additions to rear, The house
thought to be the hall and service range of a larger house; a C19 drawing in Taunton Museum shows a south crosswing,
possibly a parlour, now demolished. (VCH Somerset, Vol IV, 1978, ppl54-55; VAG Report, unpublished SRO, 1975 .

Listing NGR: ST3740712720

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648005

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)