Robin Hood's Hut, About 400 Metres South of Halswell House at St 2545 3334
ROBIN HOOD'S HUT, ABOUT 400 METRES SOUTH OF HALSWELL HOUSE AT ST 2545 3334
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1060155
- Date first listed:
- 15-Nov-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Robin Hood's Hut, About 400 Metres South of Halswell House at St 2545 3334
- Statutory Address:
- ROBIN HOOD'S HUT, ABOUT 400 METRES SOUTH OF HALSWELL HOUSE AT ST 2545 3334
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1060155
- Date first listed:
- 15-Nov-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Robin Hood's Hut, About 400 Metres South of Halswell House at St 2545 3334
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROBIN HOOD'S HUT, ABOUT 400 METRES SOUTH OF HALSWELL HOUSE AT ST 2545 3334
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:
- ROBIN HOOD'S HUT, ABOUT 400 METRES SOUTH OF HALSWELL HOUSE AT ST 2545 3334
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Goathurst
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 25447 33327
Details
The following building shall be added to the list:-
ST 23 SE GOATHURST HALSWELL PARK
7/172 Robin Hood's Hut, about 400 m south of Halswell House at ST 2545 3334
II*
Garden house. 1765. Possibly by Henry Keene or Thomas Wright for Sir Charles Tynte. Brick with render; hipped roof (originally thatched) with clay pantiles and some slates. Central brick chimney stack. Rectangular plan with parlour and kitchen flanking projecting entrance lobby on south side and former canted open loggia on north bide. Gothick Revival style. Single storey. South front has two ogival windows with sashes missing, flanking former loggia which had clustered columns and has stone steps to front; fragments of moulded cornicing. Interior: not inspected; loggia has fragment of ornate plaster frieze set above moulded door architrave. One of a group of parkland buildings and structures, one of the most important picturesque landscapes of its date in Britain. The visitor was brought first to the south elevation, which was covered in bark and knotted tree trunks, and then passed through into the loggia to experience the spectacular view. G Jackson-Stops, Arcadia under the Plough, Country Life, 9 February 1989, pp 82-7.
Listing NGR: ST2544733327
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 269439
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in 9 February, (1989), 82-87
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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