HIGHWAY COTTAGE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308338
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1987
- Statutory Address:
- HIGHWAY COTTAGE, CHURCH STREET
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- HIGHWAY COTTAGE, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Somerset
- District:
- South Somerset (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Merriott
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 44473 12831
Details
ST4412 MERRIOTT CP CHURCH STREET (South side)
9/118 Highway Cottage
GV II
Semi-detached cottage. Circa 1600 origins, modified. Local stone rubble, colourwashed; thatched roof with stepped coped
south gable, half-hipped to north: central brick chimney stack. Two storeys, 2 bays irregular fenestration. Small
casement windows, 3-light ground floor, with keystoned lintol bay 1 and timber lintol bay 2. 2-light first floor
cutting into thatch. Between bays a C19 door in plain opening protected by rustic timber and hipped thatched porch.
Some exposed timbers alongside upper windows. Further small casement window in west gable. Interior not seen, but
reported is a 3-room cross-passage plan: main fireplace in the hall; timber-framed chimney; collar trusses, some frame
filling. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, 1977). Attached to north west corner, and set at right angles, a C19 cottage,
apparently now incorporated to form one house.
Listing NGR: ST4447312831
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 262368
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
'Vernacular Architecture Group Report' in Vernacular Architecture Group Report, (1977)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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