Cross House and Attached Wall, Gate and Railings
CROSS HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALL, GATE AND RAILINGS, 4 AND 24, COURT BARTON
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298356
- Date first listed:
- 23-Sept-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Cross House and Attached Wall, Gate and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- CROSS HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALL, GATE AND RAILINGS, 4 AND 24, COURT BARTON
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298356
- Date first listed:
- 23-Sept-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Cross House and Attached Wall, Gate and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROSS HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALL, GATE AND RAILINGS, 4 AND 24, 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:
- CROSS HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALL, GATE AND RAILINGS, 4 AND 24, 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 36013 14613
Details
ILMINSTER
ST3614 COURT BARTON 1939-1/7/11 (East side) 23/09/50 Nos.4 AND 24 Cross House and attached wall, gate and railings
GV II
House. c1700, remodelled by Allen, Headmaster of the Grammar School 1822-55. Rough Ham Hill or Moolham stone ashlar with moulded cornice at eaves to south, and limestone rubble to west, with stepped stone coping to right half-gable end facing Court Barton (qv), and rusticated quoin to the corner; slate roof with brick stacks. L-shape plan. South front is 2 storeys; 3-window range, but was 4-window range, the range to the left is now part of another dwelling with an entrance to the rear. These windows have bolection-moulded surrounds and joints to tops and sides indicating positions of former mullions and transoms; 3 first-floor left-hand windows are 6/6-pane sashes, late C19 sashes to ground floor have 1/1 panes. West-facing facade is 3 storeys, 3-window range, sloping down to the 2-storey south front to the right; no windows to the second floor, 6/6-pane sashes to first floor and one horizontal 5/5-pane fixed light set high to the left of the door, all in raised surrounds; the door is c1900 with 3 vertical panels to the top, one horizontal panel to the centre and 2 almost-square panels with rounded corners and reeded borders, to the base. The re-positioned porch is a large Ham Hill stone ashlar Tuscan-style structure spanning the pavement; it has round columns paired with antae on shared rectangular bases. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: A low limestone rubble wall with Ham Hill stone coping, a gate and railings with flat acorn-shaped tops, similar to those of The Chantry (qv), and now enveloped in a hedge, is attached to the south-west corner. HISTORY: At the Reformation, the property was conveyed to the Trustees of the Grammar School for use as a master's house.
Listing NGR: ST3603014621
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383376
- 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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