Description

WEST COKER CP HIGH STREET (North side)
ST5113
9/293 Westlake House
(formerly listed as Westlakes)
19.4.61
GV II

House. C18 with C19 alterations and additions. Ham stone ashlar; hipped Welsh slate roof behind low parapet; brick
chimney stacks. 2-storeys, 5 symmetrical bays, main block. Plinth, band course, rusticated quoins; plain sash windows
with vertical glazing bars set in architraved surrounds; projecting central porch with Doric columns and pilasters
supporting full entablature framing architraved doorway. On East side elaborate single-storey 2-light square bay
window with Ionic pilasters and much decoration, dated 1899 in the stained glass. Inside good C18 staircase, with
interesting subjects in plaster relief to soffite; coved ceilings to hall and flanking rooms, with much fielded
panelling and C18 doors: rear portion totally C19, but middle section may represent part of an earlier house.

Listing NGR: ST5187613766

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629406

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2