The Mount

DOWLISH WAKE ST 31 SE 2/10000 THE MOUNT GV II

House. Late C16/early C17; some C19 alterations. Cob and coarsed limestone rubble, rendered to front; gabled thatch roof; C19 brick right end and ridge stacks (central axial stack truncated). 3-unit plan with central hall with axial stack backing onto through-passage to right (blocked to front). One storey with attic; 4 window range timber lintels over mid C20 window and mullioned windows with 2-light casements; similar casements in eyebrow dormers; one door right of centre. C19 rear outshut with pantile roof, adjoining C20 door to rear left. Interior noted as having stop-chamfered beams and jointed-cruck roof; stone flags to ground floor and old oak boards to first floor. To inner room on left is chamfered bressummer over open fireplace with bread oven; plank and muntin screen divides this room from hall with chamfered detail and arched doorway. Hall stack has chamfered bressummer beneath timber-framed smoke hood (a rare example) with wattle and daub infill. To right of hall stack is transverse beam with morticing for former plank and muntin screen on right of through passage. Original plank door to attic.

Listing NGR: ST3762612901