Muchelney Pottery

Muchelney Pottery is a detached cottage, originally more than one building, dating from the 18th century or earlier. It is constructed from local lias stone that is roughly cut and squared, topped with a thatched roof that has a hipped north end and a half-hipped south end, along with brick chimney stacks at either end. The cottage is a single storey with attics and features six bays of irregular fenestration. The windows are timber casements with two and three lights, equipped with horizontal glazing bars and set beneath timber lintels. The windows in bays two and three have early chamfer-mullioned oak frames, and the attic window in bay three features small leaded panes, internal ironwork, and an iron-framed opening light. There are also two dormers located between bays three and four, and four and five. A thatched porch with a 20th-century door, which includes a former oven that projects alongside, is situated between bays three and four, to the left of the dormer. Inside, there is a through passage that appears to incorporate masonry from Muchelney Abbey, laid nearly dry and featuring one vaulting boss, along with an elliptical arched doorway with a keystone that suggests an original gable entry. Bay one serves as an outbuilding with a stone front wall that includes a 19th-century door and window, while the sides and rear are timber framed on a stone plinth, likely from the 18th century, and clad externally with elm weatherboarding. The interior of the house has not been seen.