Numbers 128 And 129 Shute

SS 80 SW SANDFORD SHUTE (north side), Sandford

3/259 Nos 128 and 129

GV II

House, now two. Mid-late C16 with C17 improvements, subdivided in C19. Plastered cob on rubble footings; volcanic stone stacks topped with C19 brick; thatched roof. Original 3-room-and-through-passage house facing south; No. 128 occupying former hall, through passage service room to right (east) and No. 129 occupying inner room at left (west) end. End stack to service room and lateral stack projecting to front of hall. 2 storeys. 4-window front of late C19 and C20 casements, some with glazing bars. The 3 first floor half-dormers to No. 128 have thatched gables over. Passage door (No. 128) to right of stack has late C16-early Cl7 oak ovolo-moulded door frame. Secondary door (to No. 129) at left end and inner room window blocked with early C20 brickwork. Hall stack has probably original plastered chimney shaft topped with brick. Interior has mostly C19 features hiding earlier features. Rear passage doorframe and doorframe in cob passage-hall crosswall have chamfered surrounds but stops have worn off. At upper end of hall bead beam survives from C16 oak plank-and-muntin screen with internal jetty over. Hall with C17 chamfered and scroll-stopped crossbeam. 1 side-pegged jointed cruck roof truss exposed in No. 129.

Listing NGR: SS8267202536