Selwood House, With Short Enclosing Wall And Railing To Forecourt

Date:
12 Jan 2006
Location:
Selwood House, With Short Enclosing Wall And Railing To Forecourt, Market Place, Somerton, South Somerset, Somerset, TA11 7LX
Reference:
IOE01/15082/07
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ST49NW SOMERTON CP MARKET PLACE (south side)

9/182 Selwood House, with short enclosing wall and railing to forecourt

17.4.59

GV II

House, now offices. Early C19. Local lias stone cut and squared, Ham stone dressings; Welsh slate roof with plain gables; brick end chimney stacks. Two storeys, 3 bays. Ham stone plinth; 16-pane sash windows in architraved surrounds; central 6-panel door part glazed, set in Ham stone surround with Tuscan pilasters and plain entablature over. Interior not seen. Extending about 4 metres from north east corner matching low stone wall, with section of wrot iron railing with twist spear head on return, contributing to setting. House served as preparatory school in first quarter of C20.

(VCH, Volume III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4907728498

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0853 IOE Records taken by Michael Green; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Michael Green. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Green, Michael

Rights Holder: Green, Michael

Keywords

Ham Hill Stone, Lias, Welsh Slate, Wrought Iron, Georgian House, Victorian Monument (By Form), Domestic, Dwelling, Preparatory School, Education, Private School, School, Forecourt, Unassigned, Wall, Barrier, Office, Building, Railings