Ames House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. A C17 Cottage.
Ames House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-thatch-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 October 2021 to update the address, correct the description and to reformat the text to current standards
ST 63 SE 5/212
BRUTON C.P., WYKE CHAMPFLOWER, Ames House
(Formerly listed as Pear Tree Cottage)
II Detached cottage. C17 modified. Local stone rubble; double Roman clay tiles between coped gables; brick end and intermediate chimney stacks. Two storeys with attic, three bays. UPVC windows, installed c.1984, replacing sashes; C20 porch between bays two and three, with dormer window in roof over. Single storey extension to north west gable. Fireplace in east room has timber beam with date 1633 cut in and a stopped chamfer beam spins the ceiling; arched collar trusses to roof.
Formerly house of the Ames family; two members emigrated in C17 to the USA, became wealthy, and endowed Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia: now place of pilgrimage for American branch of Ames family.
Listing NGR: ST6607434897
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