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Latitude: 51.1278 / 51°7'40"N
Longitude: -3.0103 / 3°0'37"W
OS Eastings: 329397
OS Northings: 136990
OS Grid: ST293369
Mapcode National: GBR M5.975N
Mapcode Global: VH7DH.RXY9
Plus Code: 9C3R4XHQ+4V
Entry Name: No 17 and Attached Walls and Outbuildings to the Rear
Listing Date: 16 December 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1297168
English Heritage Legacy ID: 373955
ID on this website: 101297168
Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6
County: Somerset
District: Sedgemoor
Civil Parish: Bridgwater
Built-Up Area: Bridgwater
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Building
BRIDGWATER
ST2936 NORTH STREET
736-1/8/145 (South West side)
16/12/74 No.17
and attached walls and outbuildings
to the rear
II
House. Late C17/early C18. Flemish-bond brick front, cob to
original rear wall, late C19 English-bond 2-storey rear left
wing, C20 rear right wing, steep-pitched pantile roof, tall
brick stack forward of left gable end. 2-unit through-passage
plan, with large stack heating larger room on left.
2 storeys; 2-window range. Some crown glass. The windows to
the first floor are at eaves level, a 3/3-pane sash window to
left and a tall C19 two-light casement window with small panes
to right; this has no cill but 2 cambered brick arches, one
directly above the other, over a 6/6-pane sash window in a
forward frame; cambered arches to a similar window to right
and C19 right-of-centre 6-panel door, glazed to the top with
bolection moulding to panels above beaded lower panels. A wide
blank wall to left has traces of a bricked-up former doorway.
INTERIOR: The former door was in a lobby to left of open fire.
Now a cupboard, the internal door is planked with fine
wrought-iron strap hinges; this room, to left, has a chamfered
cross-beam. 2 rooms to right of passage, that to front has C20
panelling over brick nogging to a timber-studded partition
wall. In the C20 kitchen, formerly outside, is a brick-lined
well approx 4 feet in diameter, now covered. C20 stairs
against the former rear wall. The roof has threaded purlins
and some rough-hewn rafters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: an English-bond brick wall, approx 2m
high, attached to the rear right extends approx 30m. C19
English-bond brick outhouses including a laundry, with pantile
roofs are attached to the rear left.
History: Deeds of 1727 and 1728 mention the house having
existed in 1652 and the transaction of a sale between Joseph
Pople of Bridgwater and John Pople of the same address. They
also name the house as an inn called The Blew Anchor in 1728.
(Deeds: 1727-1728).
Listing NGR: ST2939736990
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