Description

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5193 SHAPWICK CHURCH STREET
Crabb Cottage
and former Cart Shed
ST 93 01 7/7 21.12.82
II GV
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Late C16 early C17. Walls of stone, brick and cob. Thatched roof, brick stack.
One storey and attics. Present house has one room on each floor - (now subdivided)
but may have extended further to south. South wall rebuilt in brick in C18 or
C19. North gable wall - (contains chimney) of brick and stone in chequer pattern.
East wall has, on ground floor, one casement window with centre glazing bar.
Attic has one dormer with casements. Entrance in south wall. Part-glazed door.
Ground floor has two casement windows with glazing bars. Attic has two similar
windows, in gable.
Main ground floor room has large open fireplace with timber lintol and bread oven.
Two deeply chamfered ceiling beams with cyma stops.
West of house, a former cart shed, single-storeyed, with cob walls and thatched
roof, now incorporated in the house and linked to it by a flat-roofed lobby.
Reputed to be the former Priest's House.
RCHM Monument 11.

Listing NGR: ST9375001619

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26413454

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)