MEM22151 - Gate Cottage, West Lynch (Building)

A stone house with a steeply pitched tile roof, which may have been converted from one of the buildings associated with the former village mill (possibly a cart shed) to form a gate lodge for The Lynch, now known as Bossington Hall.

The 2003 Conservation Area appraisal for Bossington and West Lynch suggests this building was converted from the former mill. [1] The building is mentioned in the 2019 Conservation Area Appraisal for Bossington. [2] Gate Cottage is depicted and labelled on the 2022 MasterMap data. [3] The house is shown on the 25 inch 1st and 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey maps, when it appears to have had various extensions and outbuildings and have abutted the mill buildings to the south (MSO11577). [4,5] The building is not shown on the Tithe Map for Selworthy. [6] An old cart shed was converted into a cottage in c.1911, which later became Gate Cottage. [7] The heritage asset was assessed for inclusion on the Exmoor Local Heritage List in November 2022. It was decided to add the asset to the Local Heritage List. [8]