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KEYNSHAM

ST6567 DAPP'S HILL
739-1/5/31 (East side)
19/06/75 Nos 6, 7 and 8 Chew Cottages

GV II

Row of 3 houses. Dated 1824 to No.7; damaged in the 1968
floods; late C20 restoration. Uncoursed rubble with stone
dressings, ashlar copings, gabled pantile roof and 3 brick
stacks: 2 ridge and one at south end gable.
PLAN: double-depth plans.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey; 1-window range to No.6; 2-storey; 2-window
ranges to Nos 7 and 8. No.6 has doorway to left and windows to
right; Nos 7 and 8 have symmetrical facades with central
doorways and windows either side. All windows are 2-light
casements in shallow reveals with segmental-arched heads and
sills; central blocked window openings to first-floor of Nos.7
and 8. Doorways all have early C19 and late C20 gabled wooden
porches, that to No.8 with lattice sides, decorative arch and
gate; multi-paned late C20 door to No.6, half-glazed late C20
door to No.7 and original plank door to No.8.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the cottages were built by Clark, a basket
maker, and were originally colourwashed.
Forms a group with Nos 1-5 (consecutive) Chew Cottages and
Dapp's Hill Bridge (qqv).
(White E: Keynsham and Saltford: Keynsham: 1990-: 43).

Listing NGR: ST6566068000