The Chimes
THE CHIMES, 20, ABBEY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1203020
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1974
- List Entry Name:
- The Chimes
- Statutory Address:
- THE CHIMES, 20, ABBEY STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1203020
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1974
- List Entry Name:
- The Chimes
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CHIMES, 20, ABBEY 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:
- THE CHIMES, 20, ABBEY 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 44006 09870
Details
CREWKERNE
ST4409 ABBEY STREET 876-1/7/8 (North side) 06/09/74 No.20 The Chimes
GV II
House. Early or mid C19 with C17 wing. Rough Ham Hill stone ashlar with stepped stone coping to a slate roofs and brick stacks to gable ends of main house. 2-unit central-entry plan with C17 one-unit wing to right. 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window range. Stone lintels over 8/8-pane sashes. 6-panel door with semi-circular overlight set-back in round arch with stepped architrave with reeded imposts. To the right is a C17, lower 2-storey wing with a 3-light mullioned window to each floor. INTERIOR: the straight-flight staircase to the rear left is open string with stick balusters and turned newel. Both ground-floor rooms have reeded cornices, the room to the left has elliptical recesses flanking a former fireplace, the room to the right has a Regency-style fire surround. Steps down to C17 wing which has a stone-flagged ground floor with c1700 wall cupboards flanking an early C18 plain wooden fire surround to a C20 grate. The attic has oak floorboards and pegged trenched purlins to roof.
Listing NGR: ST4400609870
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390289
- 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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