Description

ST5515NW YEOVIL CP HENDFORD (East side)

7/27 Wyndham Museum
(formerly stable block to
Hendford Manor House)

19.3.51

GV II

Former Coach House/Stables to Hendford Manor House, now the Yeovil Museum. C18.
Early/aid Brick with Ham stone dressings, plain clay tile hipped roof.
Rectangular plan, with slight end projection in South flank; 2-storey. Main
entrance in narrow West elevation of 3-bays with deep stone plinth and approach
stairway. Central pair of 3-panel doors has simple stone surround supporting
cornice: on each side at ground floor level narrow pairs of 8-pane sash windows
set in raised surrounds with plain central mullions. Venetian window over
entrance door flanked by 2 circular windows with 5 radial glazing bars (the
left-hand side false). South side elevation of 5-bays, centre 3 wider but
otherwise a repeat of West elevation: doors now replaced with 16-pane sash
windows. Outer bays project slightly and have high semi-circular arched openings
now glazed in, no windows over. Moulded stone gutter all round: other two
elevations much altered. Interior not inspected. Old water pump still mounted on
S. wall.

Listing NGR: ST5547815739

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648229

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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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)