Little Thatch
LITTLE THATCH, 27 AND 27A, ST JAMES'S STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1345895
- Date first listed:
- 18-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Little Thatch
- Statutory Address:
- LITTLE THATCH, 27 AND 27A, ST JAMES'S STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1345895
- Date first listed:
- 18-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Little Thatch
- Statutory Address 1:
- LITTLE THATCH, 27 AND 27A, ST JAMES'S 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:
- LITTLE THATCH, 27 AND 27A, ST JAMES'S STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- South Petherton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 43254 16892
Details
SOUTH PETHERTON CP ST JAMES'S STREET (West side) ST4316 7/160 Nos 27 and 27A (Little Thatch)
GV II
Detached house and shop. Probably C18. Ham stone rubble, rendered rear wall; thatched roof with plain gables to main wing, hipped to extension; brick chimney stack. 'L'-plan; 2 storeys with attic, 2 bays to street. Bay 1 has 3-light horizontal-bar casements of early pattern, with iron-framed opening lights to centres, under timber lintels, to first floor and attic; below is a wider C20 display window with toplights, under timber lintel; straight joint between bays; bay 2 has boarded door on heavy frame, and in angled return an angled shop window below and a 2-light casement above. C20 metal windows in rear wall. South side plain, and against the wall a flight of stone steps leading up to the north-east gateway to the Church of SS Peter and Paul (q.v.). Interior not seen. A picturesque building, of considerable group value with the Church and The Square generally.
Listing NGR: ST4325416891
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 264245
- 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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