Goat Cottage (Number 8A)

Goat Cottage (Number 8A) is a pair of houses at the end of a row, with possible origins in the 15th century, but largely representing a 19th-century adaptation. The exterior is rendered with false ashlar jointing and colourwashing, and features a double Roman clay tiled roof hidden behind a plain parapet. There are coped gables and end chimney stacks, with the one to Number 8A built on a stone base.

The building has a layout forming an ‘L’ shape, with a single depth and a rear wing that is a separate property (Number 8). The front of the building is two storeys and four bays wide. It has casement windows with three lights and single horizontal glazing bars, set within plain openings with lias stone cills. There are half-glazed doors in plain openings in bays 2 and 3. Later 20th-century doors and windows are found in the west gable.

Inside, the ground floor retains three wide, chamfered beams, two of which have run-out stops, a good four-panel fielded door, and remains of stone paving. The rear wing contains an early plank and muntin door on strap hinges. The landing has two four-panel doors and one six-panel door. The roof structure dates to the 19th century and is composed of two bays with large principals and butt purlins.

Historically, this property was the Goat Inn from 1790 to 1938, and was previously part of the manor house belonging to the sub-precentor of Wells Cathedral.