Jack the Treacle Eater
JACK THE TREACLE EATER, LONG LANE (OFF REXE'S HOLLOW)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1057227
- Date first listed:
- 19-Apr-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Jack the Treacle Eater
- Statutory Address:
- JACK THE TREACLE EATER, LONG LANE (OFF REXE'S HOLLOW)
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1057227
- Date first listed:
- 19-Apr-1961
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Aug-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Jack the Treacle Eater
- Statutory Address 1:
- JACK THE TREACLE EATER, LONG LANE (OFF REXE'S HOLLOW)
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- JACK THE TREACLE EATER, LONG LANE (OFF REXE'S HOLLOW)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Barwick and Stoford
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 56313 14212
Details
ST51SE BARWICK CP LONG LANE (off Rexe's Hollow)
5/15 Jack the Treacle Eater (formerly listed is tower in Barwick Park) 19.4.61
GV II
Folly. Circa 1775. Local and Ham stone rubble and ashlar. Rough rubble arch about 5-metres high, crowned with circular tower in cut and squared stone, having battlemented quasi-parapet and conical stone roof surmounted by lead statuette (a winged Mercury). Blocked opening in side of tower with part only of a rough stair thereto. The East boundary marker, one of four, of the Barwick Park estate, probably erected by John Newman; 'Jack' was a local runner who carried family messages to London, who was said to have trained on treacle. (Barbara Jones, Follies and Grottoes, Constable 1974).
Listing NGR: ST5631314212
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 263573
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Jones, B, Follies and Grottoes, (1974)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 37 Somerset,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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