1,3 And 5, Church Street

MINEHEAD

SS9646 CHURCH STREET 900-1/3/23 (West side) 04/07/52 Nos.1, 3 AND 5 (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (West side) Nos.1-5 (Odd) including outhouse to No.1)

GV II

Row of 3 cottages. Probably mid or late C18 remodelling and extension of an earlier probably C17 structure. Painted render over cob or rubblestone; the rear outhouse of No.1 is partly cob. Continuous hipped thatched roof with brick stacks to party walls and right end, rubblestone stacks to the rear. No.1 is 2-unit central-entry plan with cob rear wing, No.3 is 2-unit central-entry plan; No.5 is 3-unit plan and includes probably C19 one-bay extension to right. Each cottage is 2 storeys; 2-window range. Nos 1 and 3 have C19 two-light casement windows and virtually central doors. The centre of No.5, to the right, steps slightly forward, with one C19 three-light window to the first floor, 2 to the ground floor and a window to both floors of the right-hand range. The upper windows have C17 painted mullioned frames. The lean-to has a planked door and a 2-light window; a C18 door to the left, of 6 raised and fielded panels, is set back below a flying freehold of No.3 and is to the right of a C19 planked door to No.3. No.1 has a C20 door. INTERIORS not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS9671846557