23 And 27, Bampton Street

MINEHEAD

SS9645 BAMPTON STREET 900-1/4/9 (East side) 28/10/76 Nos.23 AND 27

GV II

Cottage. C17, restored 1992, with mid C19 extensions to the rear and right. Cob and rubblestone; slate roof with rear lateral stack and brick stack to left gable end; pantile roof to right-hand extension. One-unit plan with mid C19 service and kitchen outshuts to rear. 2 storeys; 2-window range. C19 two-light windows to the first floor above similar C20 windows to the ground floor with an early C19 panelled door to the right. To the rear of the left return which is attached to No.21 (qv), is a door; to right of centre is a small C19 two-light casement window to the attic. The lower C19 range has a pantile roof and a 3/3-pane sash window at eaves level above a wide segmental-arched carriage entrance with double planked doors. INTERIOR: the main front room has a chamfered timber lintel over the fireplace which has a cloam oven. C19 beams. The left gable wall was rebuilt C19 with a brick end-stack. C18 collar-truss roof with trenched purlins. This was probably part of a larger house including No.27 (qv), originally divided by a wattle and daub partition.

Listing NGR: SS9670945998