Description

MINEHEAD

SS9645 TOWNSEND ROAD
900-1/4/99 (West side)
04/07/52 No.2
Townsend House

II

Includes: No.16 SELBOURNE PLACE.
House. Late C16 or early C17, remodelled and heightened in the
mid C18; restored c1990. Painted render over cob and
rubblestone, late C20 slate roof to front and slate roof to
rear, hipped to right, gabled to left. Brick stacks to left
and rear right. L-shaped plan, the rear wing being 16
Selbourne Place, consists of original front range including
rear lateral stack to right remodelled with central hall, rear
stairs and rear wing in C18.
2 storeys; symmetrical 4-window range, of 1:2:1-fenestration
with slightly projecting pedimented centre. Rusticated quoins;
C20 paired and horned 6/6-pane sashes in forward frames. The 2
central ranges step forward slightly under a pediment with an
oval window with radiating glazing bars to the apex over a
tall hemispherical-headed niche. The 6-panel door is under a
pedimented hood on shaped brackets. The rear wing has C20
windows.
INTERIOR: the original house has 2 chamfered beams to right
but has otherwise been much altered. Mid C18 joinery includes
panelled door and shutters; stud partitions; dog-leg staircase
with winders and turned balusters on open string.
HISTORY: The C18 remodelling is referred to in a survey of
1764 in which Townsend House is described as "a handsom (sic)
newbuilt dwelling house". Between 1768 and 1787 the house, a
Luttrell property, was occupied by Richard Cox, a prominent
local maltster and political agent for HF Luttrell of Dunster
Castle (Dunster CP).
(Stevens DJ: A History of Townsend House, Minehead: Winsford:
1986-).

Listing NGR: SS9683645997

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503141

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