Description

YETMINSTER HIGH STREET ST 5910 (South side)

11/155 Priors Cleve, (formerly listed 11.7.51 as "Cleave Priors")

GV II

Detached house. Early - mid C17 - enlarged mid C20. Rubble stone walls, stone slate roof with coped gables. Brick end stacks. Original front range with 2 attached rear ranges forming square plan. 2 storeys. East (original entrance) front has porch with a 2-light stone mullioned window replacing door. Ground floor has two 3-light stone mullioned windows with lead lights, and hoodmoulds. First floor has 2 similar windows. Flanking the porch, timber ionic pilasters extending to eaves level. Present entrance with re-used door in north wall of rear wing - this extended to west in C20 in matching style. Internally, one ground floor room in main range has large open fireplace with curved timber lintel. Some deep chamfered ceiling beams. Staircase incorporates C17 turned balusters and renewals. Interior somewhat altered, with some re-set features. (RCHM Monument 8. Dorset. Vol. I)

Listing NGR: ST5947610795

External Links

• Wikidata Q26447756

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (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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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)