Listed Building: 106, WAKEHAM (382058)

PORTLAND SY6871 WAKEHAM, Easton 969-1/4/68 (West side) No.106 GV II Small house at end of row. Late C17, C19 fenestration. Painted stone front, rendered gable ends, asbestos-cement slate roof. Small two storeys and attic 1-windowed house with parallel back range, entered at gable end. 4-pane sashes. C19 flush panelled door far left. On gabled return a stone-cheeked porch with flat slab top covers a C19 plank door, and the back has two 4-pane sashes. Raised verge to left end, and lofty rendered stack to right, raised on a stone base. Interior has beaded- edge ceiling joists, a deep ingle fireplace to heavy wood bressumer, a wood winder stair alongside, a bread oven, and early plank doors with wood latches. Ceiling height to ground floor c 2.2m. The small scale of the building gives a clue to its early provenance, and little has been done to the fabric in the C20. In the garden is a former dovecote (qv). One of the more significant survivals historically in this street. Listing NGR: SY6950871536

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