Description

ST5515NE YEOVIL CP SOUTH STREET (South side)

8/113 The Baptist Hall & Schoolrooms

3.11.80

GV II

Assembly Hall and Schoolrooms, 1868. Ham stone random coursed ashlared stones
with contrasting stone dressings, Welsh slate roof. 2-storey facade of 3-bays to
South street, with deep plinth capped by moulded cill string, rusticated quoins,
string course to first floor and dentilled cornice surmounted by simple parapet.
Ground floor windows of 10-pane semi-circular headed sash windows set in
architraves with keystones: those to first flow also arched casements with
8-panes, with plain reveals up to impost/string level and arched
architrave/label without keystones. There is a matching return of 3-bays on the
west side (abutting the Church). The interior not inspected. Part of the 1868
extension of the Baptist Church, providing the first Non-conformist Sunday
School in Yeovil (c.f. St Johns' School founded in 1818).

Listing NGR: ST5559715860

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468587

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)