Stoke Court and Court House
STOKE COURT AND COURT HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1177105
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Stoke Court and Court House
- Statutory Address:
- STOKE COURT AND COURT HOUSE
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- 2002-09-17
- Reference:
- IOE01/08925/08
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1177105
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Stoke Court and Court House
- Statutory Address 1:
- STOKE COURT AND COURT HOUSE
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:
- STOKE COURT AND COURT HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stoke St. Mary
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 26816 21553
Details
STOKE ST MARY CP
ST22SE
5/130 Stoke Court and Court House
25.1.55
- II
Manor house, now 2 dwellings. Probably late C16 in origin, enlarged east early C18, cross wing added and altered early-mid C19, west gable end partly rebuilt and extended at rear C20. Squared and coursed blue lias, Ham stone dressings, slate roof hipped right, coped verges, stone stacks left gable end between first and second bays left and to right of cross wing, C20 brick stack at rear on gable end. Plan: Stoke Court possibly open hall with service wing right of screens passage and full height porch, cross wing addition abutting right, beyond 3-bay addition (Court House). Two storeys, 2:1:1:3 bays, hollow chamfered stone mullions to Stoke Court, left pair of full height canted oriel windows divided into 4-light casements on each floor, full height gabled porch, set back stepped buttresses rising to first floor, 3-light window above entrance, right projecting gabled wing, 4-light mullioned and transomed window with pair of similar 2-light windows below, all under hoodmoulds, right hand 3 bays, (Court House distinguished by pilaster quoin strips, added dentil cornice and flat string course band, cruciform windows with moulded surrounds and voussoirs, entered on right return; main entrance Tudor arch head doorway under square head mould half glazed double doors. Right return of 2 bay cross wing, Tudor arch head stairlight window, many paned with marginal glazing bars under hoodmould. Right return gable end rebuilt to incorporate double garage. Rear elevation, early-aid C19 fenestration, Tudor arch head windows with marginal glazing bars. Interior not seen, a full description of the building is not possible without internal inspection. (Pevsner, Buildinqs of England, South and West Somerset, 1958).
Listing NGR: ST2681621553
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 270905
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, (1958)
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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