Watercress Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. House.
Watercress Cottage
- WRENN ID
- high-porch-flax
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1956
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 75 NW COMBE HAY
10/24 Watercress Cottage 1.2.56 G.V. II*
House. Dated 1624 on internal plasterwork. Rubble with freestone quoins; double Roman tiled roof with coped raised verges. Single storey and attics in 2 steep gabled dormers with finials. 2 bays: 2-, 3- and 4-light casement windows in ovolo moulded mullions, surrounds and lintels; triple relieving arches (with third arch over lower two arches) over ground floor window at left and door, and double relieving arches over first floor windows. Studded plank door to centre, in ovolo moulded surround and with strap hinges with fleur-de- lys ends. Single storey lean-to at right. Interior. Ground floor left room (the hall): freestone fire surround with ovolo moulded lintel, enriched cornice and moulded mantelshelf; above is a relief frieze of coarsely moulded figures, a central escutcheon and a fleur-de-lys. Ovolo and hollow moulded beams; other stop-chamfered beams. Rear winder stair. First floor left room (the hall chamber): plaster overmantel with mannered Ionic columns, dated TW/P and 16/24, enriched plasterwork with rosette teardrop motifs and enriched lintel with egg and dart cornice and decorative frieze. An interesting vernacular building with unusual details.
Listing NGR: ST7339059939
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