Bournes

ST0827 WIVELISCOMBE CP CHURCH STREET (North side)

8/59 Bournes 25.1.56 -

GV II

House, now divided in two. C16 with later alterations. Red sandstone random rubble masonry, slate roof with coped gable to left, having brick stack, hipped to right, original large stack on rear elevation. 2 storey with gabled 3 storey porch, 3 bays, sashes with glazing bars and tripartite on ground floor in slightly raised mortar surrounds of early C19, segmental headed door with keystone and pilasters, also early C19. Right return elevation, similar fenestration with glazed porch and late C18 fanlight. This wing contains mid C17 plaster ceiling, cut at the edges, showing Venus and Cupid in the triple oval surround of roses and fleur de lys with the motto "Sine Cerero et Bacchus friget Venus" and geometic bands of shallow moulded decoration; 2 fireplaces with moulded jambs and wooden moulded lintels in this wing; main block has chamfered beams, plank and stud partition with 2 centred arched doorway, and fine 4 centre arched door inside.

Listing NGR: ST0836127743