The Chimes

CREWKERNE

ST4409 ABBEY STREET 876-1/7/8 (North side) 06/09/74 No.20 The Chimes

GV II

House. Early or mid C19 with C17 wing. Rough Ham Hill stone ashlar with stepped stone coping to a slate roofs and brick stacks to gable ends of main house. 2-unit central-entry plan with C17 one-unit wing to right. 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window range. Stone lintels over 8/8-pane sashes. 6-panel door with semi-circular overlight set-back in round arch with stepped architrave with reeded imposts. To the right is a C17, lower 2-storey wing with a 3-light mullioned window to each floor. INTERIOR: the straight-flight staircase to the rear left is open string with stick balusters and turned newel. Both ground-floor rooms have reeded cornices, the room to the left has elliptical recesses flanking a former fireplace, the room to the right has a Regency-style fire surround. Steps down to C17 wing which has a stone-flagged ground floor with c1700 wall cupboards flanking an early C18 plain wooden fire surround to a C20 grate. The attic has oak floorboards and pegged trenched purlins to roof.

Listing NGR: ST4400609870