Stowey Cottages Stowey House

Stowey House and No 1 Stowey Cottages, formerly known as Stowey Farm House, is a farmhouse that has been divided into two houses. It dates from the 16th century and 17th century, with some alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly to the exterior. The building is roughcast with slate roofs, coped verges, and brick stacks. It has a cross passage plan and features later wings on either side of the front, which is positioned at right angles to St Mary's Street. The facade is E-shaped, with a central porch and front-facing gables.

The structure is two storeys high with attics and has very irregular window arrangements, with many openings appearing blocked. The windows are predominantly 3-light casements with glazing bars. To the left, there is a benched porch that leads to a studded plank inner door with a later glazed panel. To the right, there is a semi-circular head door opening leading to the right wing, featuring a panelled and glazed door with a fanlight that has radiating glazing bars and a gabled hood supported by brackets. A pent-roofed stair-turret is located on the right return.

The left return, which faces St Mary's Street, has two bays with two, three, and five-light casements. There is also a door opening with a plank door and a slated pentice supported by two slender wooden posts. Inside Stowey House, there are two 17th-century ornamental plaster ceilings with thin ribs; one has curved patterns and bosses, while the other features squares and diamonds. There is a fireplace with a broad chamfered wooden bressumer, a 17th-century staircase with turned balusters and a moulded handrail, and the attic flight has splat balusters. Additionally, there are two chamfered and stopped door frames on the first floor. The rear wing, known as No 2 Stowey Cottages, is not of special interest.