Stockwell House

This is a late 19th-century house, now an art gallery, situated in a row on the north side of High Street, Bruton. The building is constructed of local stone rubble with dressings of Doulting stone, and has a high-pitched stone slate roof with plain gables and tall red brick chimney stacks. It is two storeys with an attic, and originally had three bays. Curved end bay windows are found on either side of a wide doorway, which features flat Doric pilasters supporting a timber entablature and a shell-shaped hood on brackets; a curved hood sits above the doorway. A stone string course runs above the doorway. The central window on the first floor is a 12-pane sash, flanked by double-sash bay windows likely dating from the earlier 19th century. Four small, pitched roof dormers with casement windows are set into the roof. A wrought iron bracket is on the right side of the building, clearly intended for a sign. The interior has not been inspected, but the cellars are rumoured to be of medieval origin. Formerly the Kings Arms Inn, by 1850 the property had been divided into two shops; around 1890, it was converted into a house for Dr Stockwell.