Abbot's Litten
ABBOT'S LITTEN, LONG STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1324377
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Abbot's Litten
- Statutory Address:
- ABBOT'S LITTEN, LONG STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1324377
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Abbot's Litten
- Statutory Address 1:
- ABBOT'S LITTEN, LONG 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:
- ABBOT'S LITTEN, LONG STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sherborne
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 63988 16542
Details
LONG STREET 1. 1625 (South-East Side) Abbot's Litten ST 6316 1/154 28.11.50. II GV 2. Early C18, similar in detail to The Bank House but the ashlar masonry is rougher and the structure appears older. Two storey 6 window front. Now red tile roof. Moulded cornice with brackets. Main doorway of stone has half-round Tuscan pilasters, entablature with triglyphs and paterae and pediment. On left hand is second doorway with semi-circular head with carved stone head built into wall above it. Sash windows in flush frames; glazing bars intact. Inside, C18 panelling and fireplace surround. See R C H M Dorset Vol I p 220 for details.
Premises occupied by Mr Pearson, Rose Cottage, former Castle Hotel, The Bank House, premises occupied by The National Westminster Bank, Old Bank House, and Abbot's Litten form a group with the timber framed structure to the rear of No 87 Cheap Street.
Listing NGR: ST6398816542
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 104049
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1952), 220
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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