Riverside. Riverside Lodge. Riverside Works.
RIVERSIDE. RIVERSIDE LODGE. RIVERSIDE WORKS., WESTBURY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1110647
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Riverside. Riverside Lodge. Riverside Works.
- Statutory Address:
- RIVERSIDE. RIVERSIDE LODGE. RIVERSIDE WORKS., WESTBURY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1110647
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 04-Oct-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Riverside. Riverside Lodge. Riverside Works.
- Statutory Address 1:
- RIVERSIDE. RIVERSIDE LODGE. RIVERSIDE WORKS., WESTBURY
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:
- RIVERSIDE. RIVERSIDE LODGE. RIVERSIDE WORKS., WESTBURY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sherborne
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 63556 15925
Details
WESTBURY 1. 1625 (East Side) Riverside. Riverside Lodge (Formerly listed as Cottage adjoining Riverside), Riverside Works. ST 6315 6/252 28.11.50. II* 2. Dwelling house which was originally the residence of John Scharrier and William Willmott, the former responsible for founding the silk industry in Sherborne about the year 1753 which remained the town's principal industry for almost 200 years. C18, probably post-1755. 2 storeys with taller gabled bay at either end; formerly a symmetrical composition but the right hand bay, comprising Riverside Lodge, had fenestration added to it in 1915. 5 window bays to road side of Riverside House, with windowless gable at left hand end. 2 gabled dormers. Colour-washed rendered front. Sash window with altered glazing bars. Good doorcase with flusted frieze and dentil pediment. Garden front has 2 splayed bays with fluted friezes and pear-drop cornices. On right hand side of road front is Riverside Lodge which has a pebble dash front. 2 storeys and attic. 1 window bay. 2-light casement window on second floor, 3-light casement on first floor and 4-light casement on ground floor. Modern porch. The Riverside Works is a long stone range of C18 date, altered C19. The segmental stone arches originally spanning the mill-stream are visible at ground floor level. The Mill Buildings probably date from 1755; in that year, John Scharrer, the founder of the silk mill in Sherborne, was granted permission to pull down the existing buildings on his plot and to erect others in their stead for the better carrying on his business of throwing. The building is important for its historical interest. [See G H D Pitman, "Exploring Sherborne," and Henry Symonds, "The Silk Industry in Wessex"].
Listing NGR: ST6355615925
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 104172
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pitman, G H D, Exploring Sherborne, ()
Symonds, H, The Silk Industry in Wessex, ()
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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