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Latitude: 50.946 / 50°56'45"N
Longitude: -2.6459 / 2°38'45"W
OS Eastings: 354720
OS Northings: 116488
OS Grid: ST547164
Mapcode National: GBR MN.NPGY
Mapcode Global: FRA 56BL.YVQ
Plus Code: 9C2VW9W3+CJ
Entry Name: Grovecote with Flanking Screen Walls, Front Boundary Wall and Gate Piers
Listing Date: 19 December 1972
Last Amended: 13 December 2010
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1056514
English Heritage Legacy ID: 261412
ID on this website: 101056514
Location: Summerlands, Somerset, BA21
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Yeovil
Built-Up Area: Yeovil
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Building
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YEOVIL
PRESTON ROAD (North side)
50
GROVECOTE WITH FLANKING SCREEN WALLS, FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND GATE PIERS
(Formerly listed as: PRESTON ROAD 56 GROVECOTE WITH FLANKING SCREEN WALLS, FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND GATE PIER)
(Formerly listed as: PRESTON ROAD 46)
19-DEC-72
II
Villa, constructed c1830.
MATERIALS: Ashlar under a shallow hipped roof with deep eaves and end chimneystacks.
PLAN: A two-storey house that is rectangular on plan with flanking side walls.
EXTERIOR: It has a symmetrical, classically-styled front (south) of three bays. There is a central projecting porch with slender Tuscan columns, and a six-panelled door, of which the top two are glazed. The entrance is flanked by sixteen-pane sash windows in staple openings and there are a further three sash windows to the first floor. To either side of the façade are rendered side walls with swept, curved copings and niches.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: To the front of the house is a low boundary wall and stone gate piers.
REASON FOR DESIGNATION: Grovecote, 50 Preston Road is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural: as a well-preserved mid-C19 villa, given an effective picturesque architectural treatment
* Design: the symmetrical and balanced design displays good quality craftsmanship using local materials
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