Old Lantern And Attached Rubblestone Wall

Old Lantern is a house located at the corner of Church Steps and Church Street in Minehead. It dates back to the 17th century and was heightened, extended, and altered in the mid-19th century. The building is colour-washed, likely over cob, and features a projecting rubblestone gable with a stack to the left of the door on the north-west facade facing Church Steps. There is a large external stack at the south corner facing Church Street, which is partially rendered. The rear of the house is made of 19th-century rubblestone and has a crested slate roof.

The house has a two-unit plan with a hall to the left of what was probably originally an unheated lower end and includes a 19th-century rear wing. It stands two storeys high and has a two-window range on both the front and left returns. The windows are 19th-century two- and three-light casements. To the right of the rubblestone stack on Church Steps, there is a 19th-century single-storey rectangular bay with a two-light casement window and a hipped plain tile roof that extends to the right, forming a porch over the door supported by a 19th-century bracket. Above the porch, there is a late 18th or early 19th-century three-light leaded casement window at eaves level. To the left of the stack, there is a small leaded window, possibly a fire window. The far left features a 19th-century single-storey lean-to with a corrugated-asbestos roof, which has a 20th-century door and window.

On the right return facing Church Street, there are casement windows, with two-light windows on the first floor and three-light windows on the ground floor. The corner of the building is slightly rounded, indicating cob construction. The interior has not been inspected. Additionally, there is a rubblestone retaining wall to the rear garden, approximately 3 meters high, extending about 20 meters along Church Street.