Chessil Holt

TM 07 SW WATTISFIELD THE STREET (WEST SIDE)

3/109 Chessil Holt

GV II

House. C17 and c18. Timber-framed and rendered; plaintiled roofs. 1½ storeys; 2-cell main range with lobby-entrance, C18 rear wing. A C19 single- storey extension formerly used for the village post office along part of the front: rendered, with comb pargetting; plaintiles to the hipped lean-to roof; one 12-pane sash window and one fixed 6-pane window; a central entrance door with 6 fielded panels. The main range has an internal chimney-stack of Tudor brick with 4 attached diagonally-set square shafts on a rectangular base. 2 gabled dormers with plain bargeboards, plastered cheeks, and 2-light casement windows with a single bar to lights. One 3-light casement window to the remainder of the ground floor with 2 horizontal bars to lights. Plain interior with much framing covered. One tie-beam has been, cut through, another has a marked camber and straight supporting braces. 2 upper fireplaces to the stack, one with a segmental brick arch. Rear wing with primary braces and bisected studs. Roof not examined.

Listing NGR: TM0097574160