Leigh Hill Gate And Crib Close

ST11NE 9/210

PITMINSTER CP LOWTON Leigh Hill Gate and Crib Close

II

Detached cottage, in two occupations. C17 with later modifications. Roughcast on stone and cob, one gable, to west, in coursed? rubble; hipped thatched roof, one early field-stone stack, one late C20 brick stack. Original building L-plan with through-way dividing living accommodation from byre or farm outbuilding, wing added later on west side, One and a half storey. Elevations have scattered 2 or 3-light casements with steel generally, two windows in eyebrows to thatch on east side and a small 2-light casement in eyebrow in opposed position in the south wing. Plank door set between 3-light casement and a late C20 French door on east front: on this side also two other large square openings, one far left with plank door, the other blocked: a date stone over inscribed roughly "William Allen l738". A date of 1609 or 1669 reported on central stack. One west side a further plank door in large square opening under small light in eyebrow. Interior retains some original roof timbers, a few rough chamfered beams, and one modified fire opening under a timber bressumer carried on heading timber posts as cheeks, but that to right possibly inserted later. Floor of broken lias slabs in southern wing.

Listing NGR: ST1897217679