2, Middle Path

CREWKERNE

ST4309 MIDDLE PATH 876-1/6/130 (West side) 06/09/74 No.2

GV II

Two cottages, now house and shop. Late C17/early C18. Painted, coursed, limestone rubble to the front, rubblestone to the rear; squared stone to the right of front suggesting later C18 rebuild or extension; pantile roof, hipped to the north, on West Street, and tapering to a gable with a truncated stack to the south, and a brick stack to the centre of the ridge. 2 single-unit plans; each 2 storeys, one-window range: that to the right is part of a fish and chip shop, and totally altered. Both have C20 windows and doors. INTERIOR: in the course of reconstruction; ceiling heights were just over 2 metres, to the left is a large open fireplace with a chamfered, slightly arched lintel; above it, to the left, is a small opening to a former fireplace in an upper chamber. One remaining roof truss has trenched purlins, a notch-in-apex, and a pegged collar. Thatch under the pantiles, and straw holding plaster to the rafters, still remains.

Listing NGR: ST4396809589