HERNE HOUSE AND SOUTH LYNN

HERNE HOUSE AND SOUTH LYNN, WESTON ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395706
Date first listed:: 05-Aug-1975
List Entry Name:: HERNE HOUSE AND SOUTH LYNN
Statutory Address:: HERNE HOUSE AND SOUTH LYNN, WESTON ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395706
Date first listed:: 05-Aug-1975
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: HERNE HOUSE AND SOUTH LYNN
Statutory Address 1:: HERNE HOUSE AND SOUTH LYNN, WESTON ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: HERNE HOUSE AND SOUTH LYNN, WESTON ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: ST 73607 65688

Details

WESTON ROAD 656-1/28/1876 (South side) Herne House and South Lynn 05/08/75

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Asymmetrical pair of houses. c1845. MATERIALS: Machine-cut limestone ashlar, slate roofs with moulded stacks. PLAN: Double depth plan with later C19 wing to the left. EXTERIOR: Irregular Tudorbethan composition. Herne House to left has a two storey, three window front, with two parapeted and shouldered gables with pierced stone finials, label moulds over small square recesses to apexes with three rotating mouchette motifs and octagonal stone finial to parapet at centre valley. Label moulds over windows, two paned two light casements with small-paned overlights to first floor and stone mullioned and transomed windows with crown glass to leaded overlights to ground floor, two light to left and three light to right. Shallow relieving arch and two light window are over projecting porch with coped parapet and simple cornice on pilasters flanking double vertical-panelled oak doors. South Lynne comprises a three storey, four window front in two blocks similar in style to Herne House. Set back two window left hand block has two half dormers with two light casement windows similar to first floor of Herne House, two string courses between first floor and attic and similar first floor windows. To left, in set back angle, single storey porch with pierced quatrefoils to parapet over Tudor arched half glazed six vertical panelled door, to right two light window with blind ogee trefoil headed panels above. To right of porch later lean-to bay with large three light window. To far right two storey two window range (probably former service wing) with two forward facing gables, label moulds to two light casement windows, and C20 window inserted to ground floor centre. INTERIOR: Not inspected. In spite of alterations these houses are good representatives of the early Victorian swing towards house designs of a non-Classical, Romantically inspired variety.

Listing NGR: ST7360765688

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Legacy System number:: 511117
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.