11, West Street

The building at 11 West Street, Ilminster, is a house, now used as a shop, dating to the late 17th and early 18th centuries, with later 19th-century alterations. The front is constructed from rough ashlar stone up to the first-floor windows, with six courses of painted brick above. It has a steep-pitched tarred slate roof and brick stacks positioned at the right gable end and to the left of centre. Originally designed with a two-unit plan, it now includes a rear ground-floor lean-to with a pantile roof. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window front. The first floor features 6/6-pane sash windows beneath wooden lintels. A passage to the right has timber framing visible on its wall. The ground floor has a late 19th-century shop front, with recessed double doors and an overlight, pilasters, a moulded cornice to the fascia, and full-height plate-glass windows with colonnettes and ornamental tops to the corners. Small early 19th-century two-light casement windows with small panes are located at the rear of the first floor. The interior retains early 18th-century doors with raised and fielded panels, and the roof has a late 19th-century finish of tongued-and-grooved boarding. Group Value: The building contributes to the group value of buildings in this area.