Description

ST14SW WEST QUANTOXHEAD CP WEACOMBE

5/224 Weacombe House

22.5.69
II*

Country house. Mid C18, altered circa 1820. Render grooved on ashlar, Ham stone dressings, hipped slate roof behind
parapet, modillion cornice with shallow pediment over central bay, breaking forward slightly and distinguished by
quoins. Plan: double pile with long service wing at rear. 2-storeys, 2:1:2 bays; 12 pane sash windows except first
floor centre 2 tier casements, all with Gibbs surrounds, likewise central doorway, double door partially glazed, early
C19 flat roofed Ham stone porch, paired Tuscan columns carrying frieze of triglyphs and metopes blank central panel. 2
bay right return, 3 bay left. Interior: good selection mid - late C18 plaster cornices and carved pine chimney pieces,
entrance hall canted corners and cantilevered stair, double baluster with cut string. Weacombe was part of the St.
Audries (qv) estate until 1835 and may have been the dower house. (Photograph in NMR; VCH Somerset, Vol.5
forthcoming).

Listing NGR: ST1096040613

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555960

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)