Listed Building: HIGH PARK (1345751)

Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 444, 6, 123
Date assigned 05 June 1985
Date last amended
Date revoked
SS94SW WOOTTON COURTENAY CP WOOTTON COURTENAY VILLAGE 6/123 Highpark - GV II Cottage, enlarged to 2 dwellings, converted subsequently to one. Late C17, enlarged C18, altered late C20. Rendered over rubble and cob, thatched roof hipped to right, large external stone stack left gable end. Plan: probably originally single cell with 2-bay linhay adjoining, enlarged one bay with outshut to form 2 dwellings, now one. One and a half storeys, 3-bays, 2 and 3-light C19 and C20 casements, three 2-light dormers rising from below eaves, ground floor 3 windows left and one right of studded plank door. Interior: blocked lateral stack at rear to right of cross passage in addition, large circular pier to left, wattle and daub partition, left gable and fireplace with bread oven. Principal rafter roof of 3 pairs of trusses, pair in earlier part with cross apices carrying the ridge. Plastered reed ceilings. It has been suggested that this was originally a 2 cell dwelling, the rear wall of one unit was demolished and a circular pier inserted to form linhay, now one dwelling. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, April 1983). Listing NGR: SS9365143032

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Grid reference Centred SS 93648 43032 (12m by 21m)
Map sheet SS94SW
Civil Parish WOOTTON COURTENAY, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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