Barrow Court
BARROW COURT, BARROW COURT LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1311901
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Barrow Court
- Statutory Address:
- BARROW COURT, BARROW COURT LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1311901
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Barrow Court
- Statutory Address 1:
- BARROW COURT, BARROW COURT 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:
- BARROW COURT, BARROW COURT LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Barrow Gurney
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 51430 68437
Details
ST 56 NW BARROW GURNEY C.P. BARROW COURT LANE (west side)
3/5 Barrow Court 13.lO.52 G.V. II*
Country house, now in several ownerships. Originally a Benedictine nunnery converted for residential purposes c.1538, rebuilt c.1545, altered and extended c.1602 and further altered and extended in 1882. Squared and coursed rubble with freestone dressings, slate roofs to main block, pantiles to subsidiary ranges and ashlar stacks. E shaped central block of c.1545 with c.1602 L shaped range to the west and further C17 range to the north east. 2 storeys and attics. Largely symmetrical east front with 3 and 4-light mullioned and transomed windows with hoodmoulds and small leaded pane casements under flush relieving arches. 4th bay to the right has two 6-light windows and all attic windows are set within gables. Similar 2-light mullioned windows in C17 range much renewed in 1882. Doorcase to porch in central projection has Ionic pilasters with masks, a segmental pediment open and broken by a cartouche and 2 reclining figures. Moulded Tudor arch to porch, C19 plank and batten door to inner doorway. 5-light canted oriel to west range. Ball finials to gable ends, tall ashlar stacks and central open cupola with fish-scale base and conical lead cap. Interior. The interior was extensively restored and renewed in 1882 but several early C17 features survive: a panelled Parlour off the Great Hall with rich arabesque patterned ceiling and decorative frieze; a grand Jacobean staircase with fine plaster ceiling in style a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance motifs with a central pendant and intricate cusped rib patterning; a similar plaster ribbed ceiling in the Great Chamber or Solar above the Great Hall and contemporary chimney piece and overmantel; a second, minor, staircase giving onto the Long Gallery; the Ilex Room has a chimney and overmantel supported by figures of Justice and Mercy. The Great Hall was remodelled in 1882 but some sections of the Screens Passage may date from the early C17. The other notable late C19 interior is the Chapel above the porch which has contemporary woodwork and Kempe glass. (J. Collinson, History of Somerset, 1791; Country Life, 18 January 1902; W.J. Robinson, West Country Manors, 1930; R. Cooke, West Country Houses, 1957; N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol, 1958).
Listing NGR: ST5143068437
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 33873
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol, (1958)
Collinson, J, History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, (1791)
Cooke, R, West Country Houses, (1957)
Robinson, W J, West Country Manors, (1930)
Country Life in 18 January, (1902)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic interest in England, Part 1 Avon,
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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