MSO10723 - Wayside, Bossington (Building)

Summary

A mid-19th Century cottage, which may include part of an earlier dwelling. It forms the end of a group of three buildings.

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Full Description

Semi-detached cottage. Mid C19, possibly incorporating earlier dwelling. Red sandstone random rubble, triple ridge tiles, roof continued out right gable end over verandah, decorative barge boards. Plan: not clear without internal inspection, probably 3-cell. One and a half storeys, gabled 3-light dormers with decorative bargeboard, ground floor three 2-light C20 casements, entrance on right return, C20 door centre. Three bay full height verandah, diagonally boarded timber gable infill, centre breaks forward, splat balusters, partly renewed in rubble left return, shaped brackets ground floor. Single storey one bay addition right. Random rubble wall with random rubble coping returned around garden. Verandah similar in style to more ornate one at Cloutsham Farm (qv), also part of the Acland Estate. [1] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 265503. First Listed on 02/01/1986. [2] 3-cell plan. Stone, Random rubble walls. Gabled roof [3] The house was mentioned in the 2003 Conservation Area appraisal for Bossington and West Lynch, which states "There is a larger listed group, which includes Dunkery View, Rose Cottage and Wayside to the NW and Walnut Tree Cottage to the SE… Wayside has a right gable end with decorative barge-boards and diagonally boarded timber infill over a three-bay veranda with splat balusters, and supported on shaped ground floor brackets. This typical mid 19th century feature is very similar in style to a similar yet more ornate one at Cloutsham Farm, several miles away, but also part of the Holnicote estate." [4] The building and wall were visited in March 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. The house received a BAR score of 6 and the wall a score of 4A. [5]

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Index: 2/1/1986. Thirty-fifth List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of West Somerset (Somerset)/Exmoor National Park.
  • <2> Unassigned: Webster CJ, Historic Environment Record. 2005. Staff Comments, Somerset County Council.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Somerset County Council. Various. Somerset HER parish files - Exmoor records.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Fisher, J.. 2003. Bossington & West Lynch Conservation Area Character Appraisal. p11.
  • <5> Report: Lawrence, G.. 2014. Exmoor National Park: Rapid condition survey of listed buildings 2012-13.

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Other Statuses/References

  • 2012-3 Building At Risk Score (4A): 1076/22/90
  • 2012-3 Building At Risk Score (6): 1076/22/90
  • Coastal Risk 2014: Flood Zone 3 fluvial
  • Local List Status (No)
  • National Park: Exmoor National Park
  • National Trust HER Record: MNA139640
  • Somerset SMR PRN: 31219

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Location

Grid reference Centred SS 897 479 (8m by 11m) (MasterMap)
Map sheet SS84NE
Civil Parish SELWORTHY, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Jan 5 2021 4:19PM

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