Description

ST6143 SHEPTON MALLET CP Draycott (South side)

6/102 Nos 6, 7 & 8
(Masonic Hall)

20.5.52

GV II

Masonic Hall and associated range of buildings. Circa 1800. Painted rubble, dressed quoins, slate and double roman
roofs, coped verges. 2-storeys, 2-bays, sashes with glazing bars in plain stone surrounds. 2-light stone mullioned
windows. Central door opening, wooden canopy on brackets. 6-panelled door. 3-storey, 7-bay wing to right return,
openings to first and second floors only, cambered head sashes and 2-light stone mullion windows respectively. Covered
cloister walk along ground floor supported on slender stone Ionic columns. Further 3-storey, 6-bay wing set back to
right, 2-light casements. 2-elliptical archways to ground floor. Projecting wing of lower height to right, on the roof
ridge of which is an octagonal lantern with 8-semi-circular headed openings containing fixed light windows with glazing
bars, and surmounted by a lead covered cupola.Grms group with Sales House (qv) being part of former Convent of the
Order of the visitation.

Listing NGR: ST6172343838

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26310526

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)