Description

CHETNOLE

ST 6007 NEAL'S LANE

7/17 Carpenters -
(formerly listed as
31-7-61 House 180 yards South-
east of The Parsonage)

GV II

Attached house. Probably mid-C16 origin, altered in mid-C17 and C18. Rubble
stone walls, slate roof with ornamental ridge tiles, one brick stack right of
door and one at right end. 2 storeys - C20 weatherboarded porch with gabled
tiled roof. C18 panelled door. Date stone on front wall 1708. Left of door,
a 2-light stone mullioned window with glazing bars, and a small C20 casement.
Right of door, three 2-light stone mullioned windows with hoodmoulds, and
casements. First floor has 3 Cl8 casements with glazing bars under stone
lintels with projecting keystones. At right end, a single-storey former
workshop - now incorporated into the house, has rubble stone walls and slate
roof. C20 panelled door and 4 C20 casements. Internally, timber-framed
partition between cross-passage and kitchen (at left end) has a shouldered-
arched doorway. Exposed ceiling beam. Early ledged door in rear entrance
to cross-passage. Hall has intersecting moulded ceiling beams. Large open
fireplace, backing onto cross-passage, has stone jambs and moulded oak lintel.
Parlour, at right end, has large open fireplace with stone jambs, timber lintel
and bread oven. One chamfered ceiling beam. Chamber over hall has fireplace
with moulded stone jambs and timber lintel. Reputed evidence of smoke-blackened
roof timbers, indicating an open hall. (RCHM Monument 11. (Dorset. Vol.I)
R Machin "The Houses of Yetminster". University of Bristol, 1978)

Listing NGR: ST6033307759

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26446214

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)