Teddington House

WARMINSTER CHURCH STREET 1. 5411 (East Side) No 47 (Teddington House) ST 8645 SE 5/61 28.4.52.

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1. Circa 1700 or possibly rebuilt circa 1745 when it was sold from Longleat Estate. 2 storeys and attic. Main block: Ashlar stone on projecting plinth with moulded capping. Rusticated quoins. Moulded string 1st floor level and bold moulded stone cornice, broken forward over quoins. Glazing bar sash windows. 2 segmental headed dormers with moulded cornices, and tile-hung cheeks, each with small 4 pane sashes. 5 windows on 1st floor. All windows with stone architrave surrounds. Internal shutters with raised and fielded panels. 6 panel central door in stone architrave with plain stone surround crowned with moulded cornice and pediment on plain scroll brackets. Foot scrapers recessed each side of door. Elevation returned to right. Hipped old tile roof carried through over stable wing which is a plainer circa 1700 2 storey extension to left of coursed and squared rubble with ashlar quoins, projecting plinth, weathered string at 1st floor level, and small moulded eaves cornice. Central plain stable door, 1 range of glazing bar sash windows to right. The interior of Teddington House has a small staircase and has been somewhat altered. Central passage leads to former kitchen which has C18 Tudor arched fireplace with beaded inner edge. Front room on left of entrance panelled. Alterations probably date from circa 1875 when the stable wing to left was incorporated with main house.

Listing NGR: ST8695645162