Attached Railings to Numbers 5 and 7
5 AND 7, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202986
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Attached Railings to Numbers 5 and 7
- Statutory Address:
- 5 AND 7, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202986
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Attached Railings to Numbers 5 and 7
- Statutory Address 1:
- 5 AND 7, CHURCH STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- ATTACHED RAILINGS TO NUMBERS 5 AND 7, CHURCH 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:
- 5 AND 7, CHURCH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- ATTACHED RAILINGS TO NUMBERS 5 AND 7, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Crewkerne
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 44038 09755
Details
CREWKERNE
ST4409 CHURCH STREET 876-1/7/30 (South side) 06/09/74 Nos.5 AND 7 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (South side) No.5) (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (South side) No.7)
GV II
House, now offices. Early C18. MATERIALS: coursed limestone rubble with Ham Hill stone dressings, slate roof with tall cream brick stacks to gable ends. PLAN: 2-unit plan with central stairhall and long rear service wing to the right, now called No.7. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 5-window range, excluding the service entrance. Moulded cornice and parapet; rusticated quoins; lead hopperhead and downpipe. 6-panel door to the service wing (No.7) in a moulded architrave. Moulded architraves to 6/6-pane sashes; the doorcase, with a 6-panel door, has fluted pilasters supporting a cornice and pediment. INTERIOR: altered c1840 and c1980. The main staircase was removed in the conversion to offices, the c1840 service stairs to the far right survive. The room to the right has a c1840 reeded cornice, embellished late C19, and elliptical-arched recesses flanking a former fireplace; the dado rail and architrave in this room are early C18. The character of the service wing is C19, the end room has a stone fire-surround with a segmental arch, a dumb waiter to its left, and a late C19 built-in dresser. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: spearhead railings on a Ham Hill stone plinth, flank the door and curve forward to enclose the forecourts, then curve back again to meet the quoins. Part of a group of early C18 town houses in Church Street.
Listing NGR: ST4404009748
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390309
- 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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