No 1 and Attached Wall to North East
NO 1 AND ATTACHED WALL TO NORTH EAST, 1, CHURCH STEPS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279764
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jul-1952
- List Entry Name:
- No 1 and Attached Wall to North East
- Statutory Address:
- NO 1 AND ATTACHED WALL TO NORTH EAST, 1, CHURCH STEPS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279764
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jul-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Sept-1994
- List Entry Name:
- No 1 and Attached Wall to North East
- Statutory Address 1:
- NO 1 AND ATTACHED WALL TO NORTH EAST, 1, CHURCH STEPS
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NO 1 AND ATTACHED WALL TO NORTH EAST, 1, CHURCH STEPS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Minehead
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 96636 46729
Details
MINEHEAD
SS9646 CHURCH STEPS 900-1/3/14 (West side) 04/07/52 No.1 and attached wall to north-east (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STEPS (West side) No.1)
GV II
House. C16. Red sandstone rubble with some limestone, rendered to the north-east; C20 gabled plain tile roof with exposed rafter-ends; large external rubblestone stack off-set at and above the eaves with brick shaft to front (north-east) facade; rubblestone corbelled stack to first-floor left return. 2-unit plan with entry to right of hall with lateral stack to left of door, stair bay projecting to rear and first-floor room with corbelled stack. 2 storeys; 3-window range. Flat arches to mostly 2-light hollow-moulded pegged oak-framed windows with C20 leaded lights, some with grilles; similar small single-light window at eaves level to stair bay at rear. To right of the main stack a restored C16 chamfered oak doorcase and a planked and studded door with strap hinges, over it a small single-light window in an oak frame; to the far right are two C19 three-light casement windows. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as have a stone spiral stair to the rear. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a rubblestone wall approx 2m high and 3m long is attached to the south-east corner. HISTORY: in 1731 the Poor Rate became so burdensome that the parish meeting was convinced that it would be more economical to gather the poor together in a workhouse, so they leased Punter's tenement at the foot of Church Steps for a rent of »6.5s per annum. (Binding H: Minehead: A New History: Minehead: 1977-: 136).
Listing NGR: SS9663646729
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391149
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Binding, H, Minehead A New History, (1977), 136
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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