The Old Library
THE OLD LIBRARY, 27, COURT BARTON
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207572
- Date first listed:
- 23-Sept-1950
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Library
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD LIBRARY, 27, COURT BARTON
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207572
- Date first listed:
- 23-Sept-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 24-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Library
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD LIBRARY, 27, COURT BARTON
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 OLD LIBRARY, 27, COURT BARTON
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ilminster
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 36030 14615
Details
ILMINSTER
ST3614 COURT BARTON 1939-1/7/16 (East side) 23/09/50 No.27 The Old Library (Formerly Listed as: COURT BARTON (East side) The Old Library and No.2)
GV II*
Formerly known as: No.2 Girls' Grammar School COURT BARTON. Library, now house. Early C19 with later alterations. Ham Hill stone ashlar, slate roof with stepped stone coping and the base of a former ball finial to the forward-facing gable end; brick stacks to the left return. 2 storeys; 2-window range. First floor has 6/6-pane sashes, and the ground floor has one larger central one. Right return has a 3/6-pane sash to the first floor and a C20 door below. INTERIOR: Essentially c1840, the finest feature being an open-well, open-string staircase to the rear, lit from above, with a wreathed mahogany handrail and curtail-step. The main, front room has a white marble fireplace and a large ceiling-rose, possibly later C19. A wall with gate piers and gates fronts Nos 27, 28 and 29 and is listed separately (qv). A C19 painting shows the first-floor windows to have been dormers, the gable is probably a late C19 alteration.
Listing NGR: ST3602914614
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383381
- 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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