Whitehall Farmhouse
WHITEHALL FARMHOUSE, FROG LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248449
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Whitehall Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- WHITEHALL FARMHOUSE, FROG LANE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/00035/25
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248449
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Whitehall Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- WHITEHALL FARMHOUSE, FROG LANE
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:
- WHITEHALL FARMHOUSE, FROG LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Combe St. Nicholas
- National Grid Reference:
- ST3044411323
Details
ST31SW COMBE ST NICHOLAS CP FROG LANE (east side)
6/55 Whitehall Farmhouse
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GV II
Farmhouse, subsequently divided into 2 dwellings. Possibly late C16 enlargement and refenestration earlier dwelling,
outshot added, subsequently extended and raised. C19 roof raised, one bay added south gable end, lid C20 south gable
end and north-east part of facade refenestrated. Rendered over rubble, Bridgwater patent tile roof half-hipped right
gable end, over- hanging eaves, external stone stack left gable end with rendered top, similar left of cross passage
and right at original gable end, Plan: 3-cell and cross passage with outshots extended at rear, stair turret in
south-west corner of projecting penultimate bay. Two storeys, irregular 2:1:2 bays, wall to right of cross passage
breaks forward, first floor left 3-light C20 metal window, shallow full-height projection, independently roofed and
unlit on first floor, 3-light hollow chamfer stone mullion window with hoodmould above entrance, similar window right
in projection with 2-light at mezzanine level, addition end bay right follows main line of walls, ground floor left
inserted C20 French window, C20 2-light window right, 6-pane window in projection to left of entrance, 4-light
mullioned window beyond; semi-circular hooded porch to wide doorframe, old door, half-glazed inner dour, Right return:
2 storeys, 2:1: bays, outshot set back to right, C20 fenestration, door in second bay. Left return: wooden lintels of
blocked openings flanking external stack, butt-joint of outshot addition. Interior: through passage blocked, hall left
of cross passage with 6-panel moulded compartment ceiling cut by inserted corridor, stair set against rear wall,
shallow bay on front wall supported by columns, purpose unclear; 4-panel compartment ceiling to inner roof, boxed
beams, additional beam through rear panel to right of modern grate; lower end, chamfered bead with step and runout
stops spanning the width of the room, later C19 grate, match-boarded stair turret. The facade of this lower end was
rebuilt when stair turret added. The shallow projection on the hall front is possibly the remains of another stair but
if so it is in an unusual position. A very interesting farmhouse with a number of unexplained features.
Listing NGR: ST3044411323
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 430046
- 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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