Great Rusham
GREAT RUSHAM, MIDDLEWAY ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1058495
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Great Rusham
- Statutory Address:
- GREAT RUSHAM, MIDDLEWAY ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1058495
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Great Rusham
- Statutory Address 1:
- GREAT RUSHAM, MIDDLEWAY ROAD
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:
- GREAT RUSHAM, MIDDLEWAY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- East Pennard
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 58519 37890
Details
EAST PENNARD CP MIDDLEWAY ROAD (North side) ST53NE 6/172 Great Rusham - - II
Farmhouse, now house. Medieval origin, altered C17 and extensively restored from derelict condition cl976. Coursed rubble, double-Roman tile roof, coped verges, ashlar stacks. Open-hall house, later floored with an added solar wing to form an L-plan. Single storey and attic, 4:1 bays, to left three 2-light stone-mullioned windows, a narrow 4-light window and a 4-light mullioned and transomed window, all renewed. Gabled porch to right, front-facing gable with a coping, finial, moulded 4-centred arch outer door opening, all constructed at the time of the restoration. Wing to right with 4-light stone-mullioned window on ground floor, label end two 2-light windows. Inside a 2-bay arch-braced cruck roof with smoke blackening; fireplace to room on first floor in a surround with moulded stone jambs and a 4-centred arch head of wood; ceiling beans, doorways, and further fireplaces. Although considerably rebuilt contains important early work inside. (Photograph in NMR).
Listing NGR: ST5851937890
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 268383
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 20-Jun-2026 at 11:22:06.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.