2 Church Steps / Old Lantern And Attached Rubblestone Wall

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

MINEHEAD

SS9646 CHURCH STEPS 900-1/3/15 (East side) 04/07/52 No.2 Old Lantern and attached rubblestone wall (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STEPS (East side) No.2)

GV II

House on corner of Church Steps and Church Street. C17, heightened, extended and altered in mid C19. Colour-washed probably over cob; projecting rubblestone gable with stack to left of door, on north-west facade facing Church Steps; large external stack to south corner in Church Street, partially rendered; C19 rubblestone rear and crested slate roof. 2-unit plan with hall to left of probably originally unheated lower end; C19 rear wing. 2 storeys; 2-window range to both front and left returns. C19 two- and three-light casement windows. To the right of the rubblestone stack on Church Steps is a C19 single-storey rectangular bay with a 2-light casement window and a hipped plain tile roof which extends to the right and forms a porch over the door to the right where it is supported by a C19 bracket. Above it is a late C18/early C19 three-light leaded casement window at eaves level. To the left of the stack is a small leaded window, possibly a fire window. To the far left is a C19 single-storey lean-to with a corrugated-asbestos roof, it has a C20 door and window to the far left. The right return in Church Street has casement windows, 2-light to the first floor and 3-light to the ground floor. The corner is slightly rounded, suggesting a cob construction.

INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a rubblestone retaining wall to the rear garden approx 3m high extends approx 20m along Church Street.

Listing NGR: SS9664846724

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1662 IOE Records taken by R M Rayner; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr R.M Rayner. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project