The Coign
THE COIGN, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1295557
- Date first listed:
- 19-Apr-1961
- List Entry Name:
- The Coign
- Statutory Address:
- THE COIGN, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1295557
- Date first listed:
- 19-Apr-1961
- List Entry Name:
- The Coign
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COIGN, HIGH STREET
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:
- THE COIGN, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Rimpton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 60857 21642
Details
ST6021 RIMPTON CP HIGH STREET (West side)
10/115 The Coign
19.4.61
- II*
Cottage, formerly two cottages. C16. Local stone cut and squared, random coursed; thatched roof to main portion, hipped on angle, Westward extension having double Roman clay tiles with coped gable; rebuilt brick chimney stacks. "L"-plan; single-storey with attics; 4-bay East elevation. C20 early entrance door in bay 3; to bay-1 a 3-light hollow chamfered mullioned window with leaded lights and no label, to bay-2 a 4-light mullioned window with elliptical arched lights and label over, to bay-4 a 3-light hollow chamfered mullioned window, rather distorted; cutting into thatch two 3-light attic casement windows. Internally jointed cruck collared trusses with purlins, no windbraces visible, said to have been dated circa 1520. Several C17 doors and doorways; both stairs seem to be in original positions and both have small square eaves windows; main beams have chamfers with stepped stops. A picturesque and interesting survival.
Listing NGR: ST6085721642
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 262730
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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