Ames House
Ames House, Wyke Champflower, Bruton, BA10 0PR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346182
- Date first listed:
- 29-Aug-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Ames House
- Statutory Address:
- Ames House, Wyke Champflower, Bruton, BA10 0PR
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346182
- Date first listed:
- 29-Aug-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Ames House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Ames House, Wyke Champflower, Bruton, BA10 0PR
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:
- Ames House, Wyke Champflower, Bruton, BA10 0PR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bruton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 66074 34897
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 October 2021 to update the address, correct the description and to reformat the text to current standards
ST 63 SE
5/212
BRUTON C.P.,
WYKE CHAMPFLOWER,
Ames House
(Formerly listed as Pear Tree Cottage)
II
Detached cottage. C17 modified. Local stone rubble; double Roman clay tiles between coped gables; brick end and intermediate chimney stacks. Two storeys with attic, three bays. UPVC windows, installed c.1984, replacing sashes; C20 porch between bays two and three, with dormer window in roof over. Single storey extension to north west gable. Fireplace in east room has timber beam with date 1633 cut in and a stopped chamfer beam spins the ceiling; arched collar trusses to roof.
Formerly house of the Ames family; two members emigrated in C17 to the USA, became wealthy, and endowed Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia: now place of pilgrimage for American branch of Ames family.
Listing NGR: ST6607434897
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 261684
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Couzens, P, Bruton in Selwood, (1972)
Other
Guide to St. Mary's Church, Bruton
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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