Timbers is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Timbers
- WRENN ID
- leaning-steel-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Timbers is a farmhouse that was later converted into two cottages and is now a single dwelling, complete with an attached cider cellar and brewhouse. It dates from the 17th century and was restored in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed blue lias rubble, featuring brick relieving arches above the ground floor openings, and has a thatched roof with brick stacks at the gable ends and to the right of the cross passage.
The structure has an "L" plan and is situated on a site that slopes away to the left and at the rear, possibly indicating it was originally a longhouse. It has one and a half storeys and consists of five bays. The windows include late 19th and 20th century fenestration, with a three-light dormer casement on the first floor to the left, a 17th century two-light ovolo moulded mullion window above the entrance, and a mix of two-light and three-light casements below the eaves. On the ground floor, there is a three-light casement on the left, a small glazed opening without a relieving arch to the right of the entrance, and three-light casements flanking a second entrance. The main entrance is located in the second bay from the left and features a ribbed plank door and a thatched porch with a weatherboarded gable.
To the left, there is an unlit return with an attached single-storey pigsty that has a lean-to roof made of corrugated iron. The right return contains a long wing that houses the cider cellar and brewhouse, which has a hipped roof made of tiles and corrugated iron, along with a three-light chamfered mullion window. There is another 17th century two-light ovolo moulded mullion window on the rear elevation. The interior has not been viewed; however, the room to the left of the cross passage is said to be a later rebuild, possibly the byre end of the longhouse due to the sloping site. It is reported that one full-length jointed cruck and stop-chamfered beams with scroll stops are visible.
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