Description

1.
5191 WEST STREET
(North Side)

Engineers' shop and
Training Centre at
the Court Mills
SY 4693 2/518

II

2.
Circa 1859 (date of staircase). Hammer dressed stone. Red brick dressings. Pitched
slate roof. Coped gable ends on kneelers. Bell cote with shaped gable at south
end, finial at north end with spirally placed black brick headers and moulded brick
cornice. 2 storeys and attics. 9 ranges of industrial windows. North end has
1 range enclosed in red brick relieving arch. South end has cast iron external
staircase supported on brick wall and iron brackets to balcony: elaborate ornamental
balusters: inscribed "J B Payne. Perry Street Works, Chard. 1859". Interior has
1 row of cast iron columns taking brick jack arches: cast iron brackets originally
taking machinery line ground floor.

Listing NGR: SY4641893097

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522973

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Recommended Books

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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)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  For the Record
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)