20, East Street

CREWKERNE

ST4409 EAST STREET 876-1/7/69 (South side) 06/09/74 No.20 (Formerly Listed as: EAST STREET (South side) Nos.16-20 (Even))

GV II

House. Late C16 or early C17 with later alterations. MATERIALS: limestone rubble with zig-zag pantile roof and brick stacks to right gable and inside-left to the rear. PLAN: 2-unit plan with through-passage dividing small service room from hall/kitchen to right with stack backing onto passage and rear stair projection. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range. All windows are under wooden lintels and have wooden frames; some H-hinges survive. To the far left is a small C19 two-light casement; to inside-left is a studded oak door to the passage. Above, between the two, is a C20, four-light casement with a lintel extending beyond to either side, probably a former wall-plate. A similar window to far right has 3-light casement above it, and both floors to the centre have C20 two-light casements. The ends of 2 main rafters are exposed approx 1m below the eaves. INTERIOR: The upper beam of a former plank-and-muntin screen survives to the left, with traces of openings to the centre and end of the now open passage; the right-hand wall of the passage is the back of an open fireplace in the main room; at the end of it is a doorway under a rough Tudor-arch lintel with mortices to the right, possibly the end of a former plank-and-muntin screen, removed to insert the fireplace. The only remaining beam to the ground floor fronts the fireplace, which has an arched oak lintel; the soffit of the beam has been drilled, possibly fixing for a stud and wattle partition before the fireplace was inserted, or a re-used member. On the first floor are 2 jointed crucks between the bays, each supporting 2 trenched purlins, scarfed at the principals, and with notch-in-apex ridges. The party-wall with No.18 (qv), to the right, is post-and-truss filled with wattle-and-daub. The present stairs are to the rear of the passage.

Listing NGR: ST4434409852