Description

ST64SW SHEPTON MALLET CP CHARLTON ROAD (South side)

4/65 Charlton House

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- II

Country house in landscaped grounds. Circa 1810. Doulting ashlar, hipped slate roof with dormers, 3-ashlar stacks,
moulded around base and apex. "L"-shaped on plan, 2-storeys and attic, 6-bays, sash windows in plain stone architraves
with emphasised lintels, jambs being continued as vertical bands below sill level. Central flat roofed porch, with
moulded cornice and parapet, semi-circular headed door opening flanked by smaller arches, inner doorway with Caernarvon
arch head, half glazed door, fanlight over. Moulded string course at first floor level, moulded cornice, parapet with
moulded coping. C17 wing at right angles to rear, much restored. Interior contains early C19 fireplaces to rooms
flanking ground floor hall, as well as staircase with cast iron balusters, and moulded wood handrail.

Listing NGR: ST6329642895

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26467458

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)