County Court Office
COUNTY COURT OFFICE, QUEEN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1197407
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-1974
- List Entry Name:
- County Court Office
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTY COURT OFFICE, QUEEN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1197407
- Date first listed:
- 16-Dec-1974
- List Entry Name:
- County Court Office
- Statutory Address 1:
- COUNTY COURT OFFICE, QUEEN STREET
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:
- COUNTY COURT OFFICE, QUEEN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bridgwater
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 29956 37142
Details
BRIDGWATER
ST2937SE QUEEN STREET 736-1/10/151 (North side) 16/12/74 County Court Office
GV II*
Court house. Foundation stone laid 9.6.1824. Architect Richard Carver. Ham Hill stone with slate roof. Rectangular plan. 2 storeys; symmetrical 5-window range. Cornice and blocking course returned to the sides; the 3 central bays are stepped forward under a pediment supported by 2 Ionic pillars and Tuscan antae; outer bays have tripartite windows between Tuscan pilasters. Flat arches to windows on the first floor, which are 6/9-pane sashes with shallow panelled aprons; the 3 central 6/6-pane sash ground-floor windows have segmental arches and are set back under a segmental arcade with Tuscan pilasters. To the outer bays, under tripartite windows, are similar segmental arches on Tuscan pilasters, that to the left has C20 planked double doors, that to the right has steps up to a C20 six-panel door, raised-and-fielded to the top beaded to the base with vertical bead down the centre, under a segmental-arched overlight of 2 panes. INTERIOR: entrance hall to right has full-width stone flags, high skirting board, 6-panel door to central room to left, a semi-elliptical-arched recess with C20 door to rear left leading to the stairs and a tall narrow semicircular-arched recess in angle of corner to rear right. The right-hand wall of office to centre has a wide semi-elliptical arched recess over the door flanked by concave quadrant recesses so angled as to form an even deeper recess; the moulded cornice follows the contours. The circular open-well staircase has stick balusters, a wreathed curtail step, a continuous rail wreathed around a turned newel. Rooms to rear are remodelled. Courtroom on first floor has a segmental barrel-vaulted ceiling with 3 rows of 3 square panels, 3 narrow panels over the bench, thick box cornice and ornamental ventilation rose to centre. The furnishings are c1930, of oak, with a coat of arms over the bench. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron bootscrapers flank the entrance, these are inverted semi-circles raised on moulded stems with a blade to centre and ornamental knobs to sides. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: South and West Somerset: London: 1958-: 98).
Listing NGR: ST2995637142
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 373966
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, (1958), 98
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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