01/03/2021
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The Rising Sun at Knapp
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The Rising Sun is a 15th century pub located in the hamlet of Knapp near North Curry in Somerset.
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Lower Knapp
Taunton
TA36BG
Opening Hours
| Wednesday | 10:30am - 10pm |
| Thursday | 10:30am - 10pm |
| Friday | 10:30am - 10pm |
| Saturday | 10:30am - 10pm |
| Sunday | 12pm - 4pm |
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The History of the Rising Sun
There is evidence to suggest that the origins of this building are pre-1500. Originally possibly a longhouse with animal byre or possibly built as an Open Hall house rebuilt in the 16th century when a fireplace was inserted.
The building stands at the foot of a steep hill and stands high above the road at the north end. It has a typical plan of three bays and a cross passage with various later additions at the back and south end. The present two storey tiled roof building has coursed rubble walls which have been raised in brick when it was re-roofed with substantial trusses with tusk-tenoned purlins in possibly mid-18th century. the windows are doors are late replacements. The north gable end, the front wall as far as the entrance of the cross passage, and the back of the Hall stack are set unusually on a plinth.
Between the outer room north and the cross passage is a stud and panel screen which has plain chamfered mason mitred studs with a still beam on a stone base. This room was possibly rebuilt in the 17th century as a kitchen before which it could possibly have been the byre of a longhouse. The hearth in the outer room has a blocked hearth tunnel indicating a former curing chamber, now a plain recess. Stairs are of a later date.
The Hall fireplace backing onto the cross passage and the twelve-panelled framed ceiling have moulded chamfers of high quality and suggest a date of early-16th century. the date of the fireplace is uncertain due to the loss of the original roof, but the Hall was evidently open, its ceiling inserted.
