Description

BEAMINSTER PARNHAM
ST 40 SE
4/127 Front Courtyard and south
terrace walls and gazebos,
at Parnham
GV II*

Courtyard and terrace walls. c.1910 in C17 style. Stone ashlar walls with
stone balustrade and coping, divided by square piers with tall pyramidal
ball-finials. Tall square piers to bay 3 (north) with heavy moulded cornices
and ball-finials. Similar piers on south side. Main entrance piers on east
side, square with vermiculated "Gibbsian" detailing. Eclectic entablatures,
and stone boars on top holding coats-of-arms. Terrace walls on south
front, with same details as front court. Round corner gazebos, plinth
with stone bench inside, carrying seven pseudo-Roman Doric columns. Stone
entablature with shallow saucer-domes, and openwork coronet with finials.
2 sets of steps down to lower level. Lions mask fountain-head. 2 narrow
water-channels with cascades beside steps, coped stone parapets at sides
with urns over piers. Balustrade at end of bottom terrace. Listed Grade
II* for Group Value.

Listing NGR: ST4746400279

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543251

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (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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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6