Description

ST0937 STOGUMBER CP VELLOW ROAD (East side)

11/202 James Barton

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- II

Farmhouse now private dwelling. Medieval in origin, altered late C16-early C17, West wall rebuilt C18, restored late
C20. Rendered over cob, West wall and additions at rear rubble, thatched roof hipped to right, double Roman tiled
outshots at rear. Plan: open hall house altered to 3 cell and cross passage with added room west end, gabled stair
turret at rear and 3 outshots. 2 storeys, 4 bays; all windows on facade late C20 2 and 3-light casements, groundfloor 2
windows on either side of roughcast gabled tiled porch with C20 door, French window end bay right. Interior not
viewed; the subject of a detailed VAG report and said to contain jointed cruck trusses and other evidence of original
open hall ceiled late C16-early C17 with 4 panel hollow chamfered compartment ceiling to right of narrow cross passage,
chamfered lintel and moulded stone jambs to fireplace. The house can be documented to 1510 when it was held by
copyholders of the Dean and Chapter of Wells; the name derives from one Joshua James who was the copyholder in 1763.
(VAG Report, unpublished SRO, 1980; Proceedings SANHS 1982).

Listing NGR: ST0976437414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629255

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)