74, 75 and 76 Newtown
74, 75 and 76 Newtown, Milborne Port, Sherborne, DT9 5BH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175220
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- 74, 75 and 76 Newtown
- Statutory Address:
- 74, 75 and 76 Newtown, Milborne Port, Sherborne, DT9 5BH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175220
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- 74, 75 and 76 Newtown
- Statutory Address 1:
- 74, 75 and 76 Newtown, Milborne Port, Sherborne, DT9 5BH
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:
- 74, 75 and 76 Newtown, Milborne Port, Sherborne, DT9 5BH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Milborne Port
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 66934 18921
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10 November 2022 to amend the name and address, and reformat the text to current standards
ST6618
11/178
MILBORNE PORT CP
NEWTOWN (North side)
Nos 74, 75 and 76
24.3.61
GV
II
Group of three cottages. c1818. Local stone coursed rubble: half hipped thatched roof with swept ridges; brick chimney stacks. two storeys.
No 74 now two bays, having been extended Westwards with modern door and sidelights below: bay two has leaded casement windows, the lower under a segmental arch, the upper set into a roof dormer.
No 75 of one projecting bay, with lid C20 small-pane casements, the lower under a concrete lintol; glazed door in West side of projection, under thatched hood.
No 76 of three bays; it may been at least two cottages formerly with horizontal bar casements window all with segmental arched heads; the upper window to bay two set in semi-circular thatched 'eyebrow': entrance door in arched recess in East gable; modern entension to rear.
Interiors not seen. Newtown is a planned layout, of c1818, with originally some 80 thatched copttages: it is said to have originated as a vote-catching scheme. The group, although altered, retains a few original details, and helps to illustate the original concept.
Primarily included for group value.
Listing NGR: ST6693418921
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 261915
- 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.
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