No 23 and Attached Railings
NO 23 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 23, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297118
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1976
- List Entry Name:
- No 23 and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NO 23 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 23, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297118
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1976
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 13-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- No 23 and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NO 23 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 23, HIGH 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:
- NO 23 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 23, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chard Town
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 32030 08552
Details
CHARD
ST3308 HIGH STREET 756-1/4/97 (South side) 29/07/76 No.23 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET (South side) No.23 Eagle House)
GV II
House. Mid C18. Ham Hill stone ashlar; slate roof; brick stacks to gable ends. Double-depth central-staircase plan. 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window range. Step to Tuscan porch. All windows have late C19 or C20 horned 2/4-pane sashes except ground floor right, which is a C19 canted bay with 3 ogees cut into the cornice above the windows. Thin projecting cornice under a parapet with 3 recessed panels above windows and coping ramped to brick end stacks. C18 lead hopperhead to left reveal. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached spearhead area railings with urn finials to left of door.
Listing NGR: ST3203008552
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 374125
- 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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