Description

PITMINSTER CP
ST11NE
LOWTON
Lowton Manor and mounting block
9/115
at rear
II
GV
House. Early C18, altered probably 1920s. Squared and coursed chert rubble and other
local stones, red sandstone rubble quoins and jambs to windows, chert stone voussoirs,
hipped West Somerset slate roof, coped verges to gable ends at rear altered to half hips.
U-plan with stair inserted between wings at rear, service wing set back at right return.
Two storeys, 5 bays; all 12-pane sash windows, central pedimnted Tuscan Doric doorcase
with 6-panel double doors; left return with C20 full-height steel casement bay. Rear
elevation: 2 storeys with attic, quoins, irregular rusticated surround to central full
height glazed stair light, elliptical headed doorway with rusticated surround,C20 door,
service wing set at right angles. Interior not seen.The entrance was resited on the rear
elevation when the stair was inserted probably in the 1920s, and the main elevation
became the garden front. Mounting block set on rear elevation.
Formerly known as Lowton House. (Photograph in NMR).

Listing NGR: ST1991718405

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313343

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)