Description

ST49NW SOMERTON CP BROAD STREET (East side)

9/137 Stocker's House
(formerly listed as part of
Medwyn), with front boundary wall
and railings.

17.4.59

GV II

House in row. C18 or earlier. Local lias stone cut and squared; Welsh slate roof over stone slate base courses, between
abutments; brick end chimney stacks. Two storeys, 3 bays. Sash windows of 12-panes, paired to outer bays above, with
upper and lower bay 3 windows having stone hoods, apparently earlier labels trimmed; C20 door coupled with lower bay 3
window; to bay 2 large double angled bay window with small pane casements and lead flat roof. Interior not seen, but
VCH speaks of later addition to rear incorporating parlour and staircase wing of an earlier house. Attached to front of
house, stone wall about 750mm high with Ham stone copings and gabletted capped piers, with cast iron railings having
quatrefoil motif, and matching gate, adding to setting of house. Formerly one house with Medwyn House (qv) attached to
north (VCR Volume III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4912228625

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308479

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)