Norman Cottage

Description

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

MINEHEAD

SS9646 CHURCH STREET 900-1/3/27 (West side) 28/10/76 No.13 Norman Cottage

GV II

Shown as No.15 on OS map. House and workshops. C18, remodelled C19. Rubblestone, rendered and painted to the front, crested slate roof (formerly thatched) with brick stacks to left gable end and rear. 2-unit through-passage plan with service end to left of hall/kitchen with rear lateral stack; outshut to rear and C19 pantiled and C20 slated lean-to wings to the right. 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. The central 6-panelled door glazed to the top is set between plain pilasters supporting shaped consoles and pediment. The 2-light casement windows have segmental arches. The front screen wall of the C19 lean-to has a parapet lower than the eaves with pantile coping, a C20 lean-to behind it completes the rectangle. The gable of the right return shows clearly that the height and pitch of the roof has been altered. INTERIOR: the central passage curves back to the left; axial beams and a former open fire with a timber lintel (now enclosed) to the rear right remain.

Listing NGR: SS9666746678

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