Description

ILMINSTER

ST3414 STATION ROAD
1939-1/6/130 (North side)
29/07/76 No.36
Hazelwell House and attached walls
and railings
(Formerly Listed as:
STATION ROAD
(North side)
No.24
Hazelwell House)

GV II

House. c1850, Ham Hill stone ashlar to main block, incised
stucco to right; slate roof, hipped to right extension;
stepped stone copings with brick stacks to gable ends of main
block.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range to main block
to the left (west) and one-window range to right extension.
All windows are C20 one/one-pane sashes, those to ground floor
with louvred shutters, probably c1800 sliding ones, to left
and a C20 one to the right; that has moulded architraves and
keystones to both windows and raised Ham Hill stone rusticated
quoins (similar details to the left have been removed). The
house, which has a moulded eaves cornice, is set well back and
high, with steps to a Tuscan-style doorcase with dentilled
open pediment and reeded engaged columns; 6-panel door with 4
raised-and-fielded panels and added mouldings to lower ones,
under a decorative semicircular fanlight.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached to the right rear corner, a high
limestone rubble wall, with an archway close to the house,
encloses a small garden with stone gate piers to far left of
the front which have swept caps and balls. Railings to the
front are mid C19 square-section loops alternating with
spearheads, set on a rendered Ham Hill stone plinth. Double
gates opposite door have long loops through a concavely-curved
upper rail, spears through a lower one, and a row of circles
and diamonds to the base. The gate catch is leaf-shaped.

Listing NGR: ST3543914836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489781

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)