No 2a-4a

This is an infill single story building which has been there for many years. However, the 1750 map shows this as an empty space between no.2 and a smaller than current no.4. Possibly the infill was built in the early 1800s?




Divided into two areas, the photos show us that the right hand side has been a shop front since at least 1900, with the left side being a storage area until relatively recently.

The earliest photo I have found (above) dates from around 1900, or possibly a little earlier, and shows the shop unit is full use with shopkeeper and some goods at the doorway. There is a large arched double doorway into the left section. One photo below shows the double doors open.


By the late 1950s (below) there is a second doorway into the left section, smaller than the first. (Poor quality photo, I'm afraid - the shop section is mostly hidden behind the chap on the horse.)


I don't know when the left section was converted and had the current shop front fitted.

Introduction

This is Castle Street
(for those who don't know it)

Why is Nether Stowey here?

How did the buildings develop?

A look at today's individual buildings
what can we learn from what we see?

Building materials
a look at the building elements