Fosseway With Front Boundary Railings And Gates

Fosseway, a detached house located on the south side of High Street in Hinton St George, dates from the late 16th century and has been modified and extended over time. It is built from coursed rubble with Ham stone and features ashlar dressings. The house has a thatched roof with a plain east gable and a hipped angle to the west, along with brick chimney stacks in intermediate positions. The building has an 'L'-shaped plan and consists of two storeys with three bays.

The windows are hollow-chamfered mullioned types set in chamfered recesses, with three-light windows featuring labels in the ground floor bays one and two. In bay two, the original mullions have been removed and replaced with casements. The upper floor has two three-light horizontal bar casement windows, while bay three contains pairs of 12-pane sash windows on each level. To the right of bay two, there is a six-fielded-panel door set in a recess, complete with an architrave and a timber hood supported by wrought-iron brackets. The east gable features a three-light former-mullioned window with a label at ground floor level, and a four-light casement window above it. The west flank has two three-light mullioned windows without labels.

Although the interior has not been seen, it is reported to have a gradually developed unit plan with back-to-back fireplaces, which are rare in Somerset. The interior includes deep chamfered beams with deep steps and runouts, a chamfered cambered-arched fireplace in the former hall, and a very deep (1.6m) fireplace with a bread oven in the kitchen, featuring a timber lintel. The roof space has not been examined, but there are indications of at least one jointed cruck truss.

Surrounding the garden, which is about two metres deep, are railings with necked spikes on a low stone kerb. These railings have arch-braced standards topped with urn finials and return back to the house, with a matching pair of gates opposite the door. To the east of the house, there is a two-metre high stone wall with 20th-century cast iron gates, all of which contribute to the setting of the house.