Numbers 54 And 55 And Open Fronted Store

BAUNTON BAUNTON VILLAGE SP 00 SW 9/28 Nos 54 and 55 and open-fronted store 4.6.52

GV II

Detached house, divided into 2 cottages, and open-fronted store. Mid C17. Roughly coursed squared and dressed limestone; stone slate roof; squared and dressed limestone stack repaired in brick. Rectangular plan with wash house at the south-east corner; open- fronted store at right angles to the wash house. Lean-to at the west gable end of the house not of special interest. Main body: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical, 2-windowed entrance (south-east front) facing away from road. Two and 3-light ovolo-moulded stone- mullioned casements with hoods. Two 2-light hipped slate-hung roof dormers with horizontal glazing bars. Central C19 plank door within a Tudor-arched flat-chamfered roll-moulded surround to No 54. C19 plank door far right to No 55. Single-storey wash house projects forwards to right. Two-windowed rear elevation to house: one 3-light stone-mullioned casement with ovolo-moulded mullions and stopped hood ground floor right; 2-light wooden casement with timber lintel left. Single-light and 3-light metal casement with timber lintel to the first floor. Open-fronted store faces away from the house with a former earth closet at the rear. Five-bay front divided by square stone-built piers. Axial stack to main body, former gable-end stack now removed. Roof to cottages and store in poor state of repair at time of resurvey (September 1986)

Listing NGR: SP0245604482