Description

CREWKERNE

ST4309 ABBEY STREET
876-1/6/12 (North side)
06/09/74 No.26

GV II

House. Built as a school house in 1828 for Richard Carver,
then of Bridgewater, to the designs of John Patch of
Crewkerne. Ham Hill stone ashlar facade with rusticated
quoins, moulded eaves cornice and coping to pantile roof, with
brick stacks to gable ends. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys,
symmetrical 3-window range. A pedimented Tuscan-style porch
over double doors, each of 2 panels, glazed to the top with
margin panes. Two lower floors have flat stone arches to
8/8-pane sashes; the second floor has three 4/8-pane sashes.
The right return has a pedimented Ham Hill stone doorcase.
INTERIOR not inspected but noted as having original features
including panelled shutters and 6-panel doors. Used as a
school during the C19.
(Victoria County History: Somerset: Oxford: 1978-: 9).

Listing NGR: ST4395309879

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581289

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living