Crimchard House And Attached Railings

CHARD

ST3109 CRIMCHARD 756-1/2/46 (East side) 29/07/76 Crimchard House and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: CRIMCHARD (East side) Crimchard House)

GV II

House. Late C17, remodelled c1820 and c1860. Squared flint and limestone with limestone dressings and quoins; crested slate roof with brick stacks to gable ends and right-of-centre. Double-depth plan: c1700 three-room wide front range with cross passage to right of centre; integral rear right, c1700, service wing. 2 storeys, 4-window range. All front windows are c1860 painted stone mullioned casements with labelled hoodmoulds. Those to the left and right on both floors have 5 lights and above porch 3 lights. Projecting square porch with simple entablature and square columns to left-of-centre; right-of-centre is 2-storey, 3-light canted bay. Rear wing has late C17 hollow-moulded stone mullioned window. INTERIOR: 1860 polychromatic tiled hall with c1820 elliptical arch to open-well stair at rear with c1860 cast-iron balusters and wreathed mahogany rail. Left and centre front rooms have 1860 cornices with vine leaves to left and roses to centre room. Far right to the old scullery with flagstone floor. Cornice on 1st floor landing and passage is c1820. SUBSIDIARY FEATURE: attached cast-iron forecourt railings of c1860 Gothic design on stone plinth.

Listing NGR: ST3178909247