Description

ILMINSTER

ST3614 COURT BARTON 1939-1/7/11 (East side) 23/09/50 Nos.4 AND 24 Cross House and attached wall, gate and railings

GV II

House. c1700, remodelled by Allen, Headmaster of the Grammar School 1822-55. Rough Ham Hill or Moolham stone ashlar with moulded cornice at eaves to south, and limestone rubble to west, with stepped stone coping to right half-gable end facing Court Barton (qv), and rusticated quoin to the corner; slate roof with brick stacks. L-shape plan. South front is 2 storeys; 3-window range, but was 4-window range, the range to the left is now part of another dwelling with an entrance to the rear. These windows have bolection-moulded surrounds and joints to tops and sides indicating positions of former mullions and transoms; 3 first-floor left-hand windows are 6/6-pane sashes, late C19 sashes to ground floor have 1/1 panes. West-facing facade is 3 storeys, 3-window range, sloping down to the 2-storey south front to the right; no windows to the second floor, 6/6-pane sashes to first floor and one horizontal 5/5-pane fixed light set high to the left of the door, all in raised surrounds; the door is c1900 with 3 vertical panels to the top, one horizontal panel to the centre and 2 almost-square panels with rounded corners and reeded borders, to the base. The re-positioned porch is a large Ham Hill stone ashlar Tuscan-style structure spanning the pavement; it has round columns paired with antae on shared rectangular bases. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: A low limestone rubble wall with Ham Hill stone coping, a gate and railings with flat acorn-shaped tops, similar to those of The Chantry (qv), and now enveloped in a hedge, is attached to the south-west corner. HISTORY: At the Reformation, the property was conveyed to the Trustees of the Grammar School for use as a master's house.

Listing NGR: ST3603014621

External Links

• Wikidata Q26585862

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)