TURLE HOUSE, FORMER COACH HOUSE, AND FRONT BOUNDARY RAILINGS

TURLE HOUSE, FORMER COACH HOUSE, AND FRONT BOUNDARY RAILINGS, NORTH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1056673
Date first listed:: 30-Sep-1985
List Entry Name:: TURLE HOUSE, FORMER COACH HOUSE, AND FRONT BOUNDARY RAILINGS
Statutory Address:: TURLE HOUSE, FORMER COACH HOUSE, AND FRONT BOUNDARY RAILINGS, NORTH STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1056673
Date first listed:: 30-Sep-1985
List Entry Name:: TURLE HOUSE, FORMER COACH HOUSE, AND FRONT BOUNDARY RAILINGS
Statutory Address 1:: TURLE HOUSE, FORMER COACH HOUSE, AND FRONT BOUNDARY RAILINGS, NORTH STREET

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: TURLE HOUSE, FORMER COACH HOUSE, AND FRONT BOUNDARY RAILINGS, NORTH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Somerton
National Grid Reference:: ST 49110 28702

Details

ST49NW SOMERTON CP NORTH STREET (West sidel

9/207 Turle House, former coach house, and front boundary railings

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GV II

Detached house. Late C18. Local lias stone cut and squared; clay pantiled roof between stepped coped gables; brick end chimney stacks. L-plan; 3 storeys, 2 bays. Sash windows of 12 panes in plain openings with deep dovetailed stone lintols, to ground and first floor; to second floor 6 pane casement windows; between bays a 6-panel door with glazed toplights in plain opening. On north side extending from house a tall wall, some 8 metres long, links the house with an outbuilding, probably a former coach house, with 3 centre arched doorway. Interior not seen: 1.5 metres from house, set on low rendered plinth wall, are wrot iron railings with collar and leaf spear finials, with cast urn finials to braced standards, and matching gates. Known by this name since at least early C20, after J. Turle, born in Somerton, later organist at Westminster, and well known C19 composer, especially of church chants. His direct connection with house not yet established.

Listing NGR: ST4911528704

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Legacy System number:: 263015
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.