Dunkery View or Myrtle Cottage, 5 Bossington, Holnicote Estate

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Two storey 17c/18c double-fronted single pile cottage set on roadside. Triple V tile roof over walls of rubble stone, limewashed on front elevation. Converted to single dwelling from two smaller one room cottages, probably in the early 20c.

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Two storey double-fronted single pile cottage set on roadside, with single ridge roof and front lateral stack. Formerly two buildings, north one set further into road. Rose Cottage ( 115,006) butts on east wall with slightly lower ridge and front elevation set back 0.25m. West wall stepped in above first floor, probably rebuilt. Two raked dormers in front elevation and three to rear. All front windows except ground floor north, with ogee arches to each light. Porch roof also covers oven.

Single storey addition on west end of rear elevation, with modern lean-to along southern part and small lean-to on rear of No. 6, its roof-line continuous with that of No. 6 bathroom and rear entrance.

Main roof triple V tiles with collared ridge. Rear north addition double roman tiles, rear lean-to ( modern) corrugated asbestos. Rear south lean-to double roman tiles. Rubble stone walls, limewashed on front elevation with black tar band. West wall irregular, stepped in at first floor level with slight buttress above northeast corner. Stone above larger where rebuilt. Southeast corner of rear above lean-to quoin is rebuilt in brick. Rear windows have brick jambs. Wash house rendered yellow.

Probably originated as two 16c one-up one-down cottages, built before No. 6, or as a cottage and outhouse. Marked as one dwelling on the 1841 Porlock Tithe map with the west side not numbered. Nothing of the early period survives except the blocked fireplace in living room. The stone walled lavatory on the rear of No. 6 ( 115,006) was built in the mid 19c ( not on Tithe but on 1889 OS Somerset sheet XXXIV.2).

The building is shown as a single unit on the 1929 OS Somerset sheet XXXIV.2, though still divided on the 1903 edition. This suggests that either the cottage and outbuilding were combined into one dwelling, or that the two cottages were combined. The new roof was probably put on during these major changes. The west window in the front elevation was inserted in the blocked doorway, and the first floor re-organised, which is likely to be before the First World War. Wash-house ( now larder) added at this time. The conservatory was built in the late 20c along the back of house.

Important Features:
External appearance with stack and porch.
Open fireplace ( now blocked) with bake oven, living room ( 16c?).
Plank and ledge doors, including front door and frame with Tudor arch ( early 19c).
Windows in front elevation with leaded lights ( early 19c).
Rear casements ( 19c/20c).

In a fair state of repair - damp in west bedroom round truss blade. Trusses showing signs of strain, one cracked in roof. Wasps nest in west wall.

Outbuildings:

Store: Lean-to on wall of Workshop of Banksia House ( 115,142), butting onto rear of wash-house it partially encloses. Roof of corrugated iron over walls of "hit and miss" vertical boarding where not sharing with other buildings. Shown on 1929 OS Somerset sheet XXXIV.2, scale 1:2,500, but not on the 1903 map. In a fair state of repair.

Store: Ridged roof on single storey building with rear wall forming boundary to car park. Roof of double roman tiles with matching ridge over walls of waterworn rubble stone. This small building is indicated on the 1841 Porlock Tithe map which is probably this little row of outhouses which are likely to have been built as privies and garden sheds. The west one belongs to No. 5. Important feature: part of the 19c provision for cottages 5, 6 and 7. In a good state of repair.

Stable, now garage: Gable-ended outbuilding backing onto garden wall of Banksia House and forming end of garden of No. 5. Roof of triple V-tiles with collared ridge tiles. Raked dormer in east pitch over blocked doorway. Weathercock on south gable end, needs oiling. Walls of random rubble stone with brick quoins. Darker brick jambs on large south doorway cut through each wall in late 20c, gable above weatherboarded. Internally whitewashed, with two posts on each wall the only remains of stable partitions, 2 mortice holes in each. Doorway to garden, stone jambs, rounded on exterior. Shown on 1929 OS Somerset sheet XXXIV.2, scale 1:2,500, but not on the 1903 edition. Important features: external appearance, roof structure, cobbled floor. In a good state of repair. [1]


Myrtle cottage is on west end of a terrace of three. Small artisan’s house, probably 17c, originally cross-passage and one living –room with external front stack. Single storey farm building on west side included in house c.1900, making it double-fronted and three bedroom. Angled to Rose Cottage (115006) to accommodate the bend in the road. Eaves raised, replacement A-frame trusses, roof tiled and walls rubble sandstone. Rear single storey lean-to. [2]

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