Cliff House
CLIFF HOUSE, COLE ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346171
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Cliff House
- Statutory Address:
- CLIFF HOUSE, COLE ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/10641/33
- Rights:
- © Ms Ruth Povey. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346171
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Cliff House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CLIFF HOUSE, COLE ROAD
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:
- CLIFF HOUSE, COLE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bruton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6777334263
Details
ST63SE
5/55
24.3.61
BRUTON CP
COLE ROAD (West side)
Cliff House
GV
II
House. Early C19. Local stone pebbledash rendered and colourwashed with stone dressings mostly painted; hipped Welsh
slate roof behind parapets; end chimney stacks with moulded caps, one brick, one stone. Main house 3 storeys, 3 bays.
Plinth, plain pilasters, eaves cornice, shallow plain parapet: 16-pane sash windows in reeled architrave surrounds to
ground and first floors, 12-pane sashes to second; central projecting stone porch with fluted Doric columns, non
classical castellated entablature, margined glazed infill panels, part glazed doors. To south a 2 storey with attic
extension of 4 bays under a Mansard roof; to North a single storey flat roofed caretaker's bungalow, both excluded from
listing. Interior has original staircase, doors, door cases, window shutters, etc in Regency style. House built about
1820 by Mr Thomas Hannam on site of an earlier house, now part of Sexey's School. (Couzens P, Bruton in Selwood, Abbey
Press, Sherborne, 1972).
Listing NGR: ST6777334263
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 261526
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Couzens, P, Bruton in Selwood, (1972)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 05:51:20.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.