Boss House And Front Boundary Railings

Boss House etc, Church Street 10/52 8/52

ST5222 10/52

ILCHESTER CP CHURCH STREET (East side) Boss House and front boundary railings

GV II

Corner cottage. Early C19. Local lias coursed rubble. Ham stone quoins; double Roman clay tiled roof with stepped coped south gable, abutment to north; brick chimney stacks. Two storeys, 3 bays irregular fenestration. Above, small-pane horizontal-sliding sash windows; below, horizontal-bar casements of 3, 4 and 3 lights under timber lintols; between bays 2 and 3 a C19 part-glazed door in recess with plain timber architrave. Return along the Limington Road of later date, with Welsh slate roof; 4 bays with later C19 windows in segmental-arched brick surrounds. Interior not seen. About one metre west of house the boundary railings, collared spearpoints set on low stone base, with cast iron finials to standards and matching gate opposite door, all adding to the setting of the house and of the streetscene. (Shown on earlier O.S. Maps as the Cow Inn, which had been opened by 1859. VCH, Vol III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST5224422585