Description

BRIDGWATER

ST2937SE MANSION HOUSE LANE
736-1/10/130 (East side)
23/01/74 House to the rear of the Mansion
House Inn
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
(East side)
Premises occupied by Motor Craft
Driving School)

GV II

House. Mid C18 and mid C19. Flemish-bond brick, and partly of
uncoursed local rubble; mansard pantile roof to main block,
brick coping and brick stacks to gable ends of main block.
2-unit plan with taller C19 wing to the left.
2 storeys with attic; symmetrical 2-window range to the main
block. 6-panel door and hood, probably C20, flanked by flat
gauged brick arches to early C19 8/8-pane sash windows in
forward frames, 8 panes to the tops and plate-glass below; a
3-course brick platband; 3 flat gauged brick arches with stone
keystones to 6/6-pane sashes (some with old glass) in forward
frames flank a blind window to first floor.
Ground floor of left wing has continuous brick coursing with
the main house; it was probably raised, with a vertical joint
above mid C19. Window to left has segmental arch with
keystone; flat gauged brick arch over fixed 3-light
plate-glass window and late C18 6/6-pane sash above.
Gabled left return has limestone rubble panel to centre round
segmental brick arch to planked door. To right of first floor
is a segmental relieving arch over timber lintel to C19
two-light casement window, above is a similar but smaller
window to attic.
INTERIOR: Room to right of ground floor now part of the
Mansion House Inn (qv), room to left has simple C18 wood
surround to fireplace on left wall, planked door to stairs in
rear wall and steps to left of fireplace down to brick-floored
service end where open fireplace backs onto that of adjoining
room. First floor has wide planked partition screen to landing
and 2 raised-and-fielded 2-panel doors, others are planked.
The attic is plastered over straw. The late C19 or C20 roof
has no principal rafters but some random diagonal braces.

Listing NGR: ST2971237039

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586066

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5