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Combe Florey House, flanking steps and balustrade

A Grade II Listed Building in Combe Florey, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0744 / 51°4'27"N

Longitude: -3.2128 / 3°12'46"W

OS Eastings: 315128

OS Northings: 131263

OS Grid: ST151312

Mapcode National: GBR LW.DPVF

Mapcode Global: FRA 4658.S5P

Plus Code: 9C3R3QFP+QV

Entry Name: Combe Florey House, flanking steps and balustrade

Listing Date: 25 February 1955

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1059227

English Heritage Legacy ID: 270278

ID on this website: 101059227

Location: Combe Florey, Somerset, TA4

County: Somerset

District: Somerset West and Taunton

Civil Parish: Combe Florey

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Tagged with: Building English country house

Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 February 2026 to amend a typo in description and reformat the text to current standards

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COMBE FLOREY CP
Combe Florey House, flanking steps and balustrade

25.2.55

GV
II
House. Early C18. Ashlar red sandstone facade with coursed rubble returns, yellow sandstone dressings, hipped slate roof, dentil moulded cornice, brick stacks. Two storeys, five bays; sash windows, first floor windows in moulded surrounds, ground floor Gibbs surrounds with stepped voussoirs likewise central pedimented doorcase with Gibbs surround and six-light glazed door approached by double flight of seven steps with stone balusters. Three bay return left and six bay right. Early C18 frayed newel staircase with twisted balusters. The home of Evelyn Waugh from 1956 until his death in 1966.

Listing NGR: ST1512231264

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