Description

SO 72 SW TAYNTON GLASSHOUSE

7/244 Monk's Cottage

II

Cottage; late C17. Timber-frame, wattle and daub or rendered
infill; random rubble to extension; tiled roof. Two-bay, 1-room
deep, 1½ storey building in centre, single-bay single-storey
extension each end. Entrance front: left stone extension, flush
panelled door on right, flat timber-lintel. Stonework for chimney
for first panel to right in house: framing beyond 2 panels high.
Two-light casement, late C20 half-glazed door behind open, gabled
timber porch, low stone walls below each side: 2-light casement to
right. Lean-to dormer to Left front door; gable chimney on
ridge, left gable. To right timber-framed extension, top half
glazed, 7 lights in all, very shallow hipped roof. Floor beams
originally tenoned through studs, but floor raised late C20, stairs
replaced.

Listing NGR: SO7111621236

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26348935

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Recommended Books

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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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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey