2, Abbey Street and Attached Wall and Archway
2, ABBEY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281900
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1974
- List Entry Name:
- 2, Abbey Street and Attached Wall and Archway
- Statutory Address:
- 2, ABBEY STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281900
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1974
- List Entry Name:
- 2, Abbey Street and Attached Wall and Archway
- Statutory Address 1:
- 2, ABBEY STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- ATTACHED WALL AND ARCHWAY TO NUMBER 2, 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:
- 2, ABBEY STREET
- Statutory Address:
- ATTACHED WALL AND ARCHWAY TO NUMBER 2, 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 44111 09871
Details
CREWKERNE
ST4409 ABBEY STREET 876-1/7/2 (North side) 06/09/74 No.2 and attached wall and archway
GV II
House, now 2 shops. Early C19 with later C19 shop fronts. MATERIALS: painted brick to front, unpainted to right return (west), limestone rubble to the rest; hipped slate roof with brick stacks to sides and rear. PLAN: double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic, 3-window range. The late C19 shop to the front has panelled pilasters supporting heavy consoles to a plain fascia. The first-floor has three 6/6 pane sashes. The right return, in North Street, is almost symmetrical 4-window range with a platband at cill level; the first-floor has a 6/6-pane tripartite sash to the far right, and a similar-sized blind window to far left; a 6/6-pane sash to inside right and a similar blind window to inside left; below the one to the far left is a large round-arch recess with a tripartite window painted as a trompe l'oeil, and the North Street sign is fixed in the upper part; to the inside left is a similar trompe l'oeil of a 6/6-pane sash; to the far right is a round-arch recess with a C20 window in the lower part, and to the inside-right is a set-back door with a round-arch window serving as a large fanlight. Front and right slopes of the roof each have a flat-roofed dormer. To the rear of the building is a lower, 2-storey extension with one 3-light casement window to the first-floor and tripartite 6/6-pane sash under a segmental arch to the ground-floor. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: stepped-back from the left of the facade, is approximately 1.5m of Ham Hill stone wall with coping, fronting a single-storey lean-to which has a recessed round-arch doorcase with imposts, and a 6-panel door under a C20 fanlight.
Listing NGR: ST4411009874
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390282
- 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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