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Latitude: 50.9485 / 50°56'54"N
Longitude: -2.8101 / 2°48'36"W
OS Eastings: 343184
OS Northings: 116878
OS Grid: ST431168
Mapcode National: GBR MF.NHW6
Mapcode Global: FRA 560L.M20
Entry Name: Under Sheriff's Office
Listing Date: 19 April 1961
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1056926
English Heritage Legacy ID: 264271
Location: South Petherton, South Somerset, Somerset, TA13
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: South Petherton
Built-Up Area: South Petherton
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Church of England Parish: South Petherton with the Seavingtons and the Lambrooks
Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells
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SOUTH PETHERTON CP
WEST STREET (West side)
Under-Sheriff's Office
GV
II*
Former house, on corner site; now offices. Later C17. Ham stone ashlar; Welsh slate roof, coated, between high stepped
coped gables suggesting former thatch; brick and and intermediate chimney stacks. 'T'-plan; 2 storeys, 5 bays. Plinth,
eaves course, continuous string over openings at both levels, stepped up over doorway: 3-light ovolo-mould mullioned
windows in wave-mould recesses, rectangular-leaded panes with iron-framed opening lights; doorway between bays 2/3,
cambared-arched and moulded to match, in rectangular recess with incised spandrils, C20 boarded door up 2 steps. Laanto
extension against south-west gable to match, with 2-light window having label and external ferramenta. C20 extension to
rear in reconstructed stone, roughly matching. Interior not fully seen: formerly through passage plan: a C18 staircase
partly modified, fielded panel doors and shutters to windows; the interior considerably modified to meet fire
regulations. The law firm in the building found c1749 and this became the Under-Sheriff's Office in 1947. (VCH, Vol
III, 1974).
Listing NGR: ST4319316884
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