Description

ST63SE
5/55
24.3.61

BRUTON CP
COLE ROAD (West side)
Cliff House

GV
II

House. Early C19. Local stone pebbledash rendered and colourwashed with stone dressings mostly painted; hipped Welsh
slate roof behind parapets; end chimney stacks with moulded caps, one brick, one stone. Main house 3 storeys, 3 bays.
Plinth, plain pilasters, eaves cornice, shallow plain parapet: 16-pane sash windows in reeled architrave surrounds to
ground and first floors, 12-pane sashes to second; central projecting stone porch with fluted Doric columns, non
classical castellated entablature, margined glazed infill panels, part glazed doors. To south a 2 storey with attic
extension of 4 bays under a Mansard roof; to North a single storey flat roofed caretaker's bungalow, both excluded from
listing. Interior has original staircase, doors, door cases, window shutters, etc in Regency style. House built about
1820 by Mr Thomas Hannam on site of an earlier house, now part of Sexey's School. (Couzens P, Bruton in Selwood, Abbey
Press, Sherborne, 1972).

Listing NGR: ST6777334263

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629745

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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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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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)