THE HOUNDSTONE

THE HOUNDSTONE, THORNE CROSS

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1250858
Date first listed:: 27-Oct-1987
List Entry Name:: THE HOUNDSTONE
Statutory Address:: THE HOUNDSTONE, THORNE CROSS

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Date:: 2004-03-09
Reference:: IOE01/11976/03
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1250858
Date first listed:: 27-Oct-1987
List Entry Name:: THE HOUNDSTONE
Statutory Address 1:: THE HOUNDSTONE, THORNE CROSS
Statutory Address 2:: THE HOUNDSTONE, THORNE LANE

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: THE HOUNDSTONE, THORNE CROSS
Statutory Address:: THE HOUNDSTONE, THORNE LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Brympton
National Grid Reference:: ST 52833 17428

Details

ST51NW BRYMPTON D'EVERCY CP THORNE LANE (North side) THORNE CROSS 3/48 The Houndstone - - II Boundary stone. Possibly C18. Ham stone pillar, about 350 mm wide at base, tapering to 270 mm, about 300 mm thick and 1,150 mm tall, with rounded top. OS bench mark cut into base of stone, which has now been absorbed by a tree growing alongside. Marking the current boundary between Bryapton CP and Yeovil Without CP, the stone is, according to local tradition, the former meeting place of the local hunt, hence its name, which is also given to the district to the south.

Listing NGR: ST5283317428

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Legacy System number:: 263503
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.