Description

ST6718
12/187

MILBORNE PORT CP
SOUTH STREET (East side)
The Old Fire Engine House (attached to North gable of No 65 South Street)

GV
II

Fire Engine house. C19. Local stone coursed rubble, with Ham stone ashlar dressings;
lean-to Welsh slate roof hidden behind tall parpet. One storey, 2 bays. Ashlar plinth, string
course and plain coped parapet: two 4-centre arched doorways under square labels with
foliated spandrels, the left doorway now blocked, but the right has boarded studded door.
A plain rectangular window in rear wall: the dividing timber partiton has been removed and
the North half now a bedroom to No 63 (not included on the list); the remainder is a small
store and back access to No 65 (qv).
The fire engine is now preserved in Taunton Museum; it was given to the Borough by
T. Medlycott, of Ven House, in 1733.
(EDB Guide to the Parish Church of Wilborne Port, 1971).

Listing NGR: ST6780118566

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469932

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)