Description

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ST 6654
4/2C

Midsomer Norton
THE ISLAND
No 11 (The Island House)

19.5.50

GV
II

House, early to mid C18 with extensions in the C19 and C20. Converted to offices.

MATERIALS: of coursed and dressed red sandstone rubble construction with limestone features, and dressings. These include ashlar quoins, a plain band at first floor level and a coved eaves cornice. The building has a slate roof and there are three chimneys, (only one of which is original), with moulded capping but these have been completely altered.

PLAN: a double-pile plan with a two-storey, C19 extension to the north and a C20, single-storey extension to the south.

EXTERIOR: two and a half storeys with an M-shaped roof and a gable-lit attic. The C18 building is three windows wide, the outer windows are in pairs with a plain architrave surround and centre mullion. To the centre of the first floor there is a Venetian window with a keystone. All the sash windows to this part of the building have thick glazing bars. Beneath the Venetian window is a modern central door in an architrave surround with a moulded flat hood on cut stone brackets. There is a later two storey, C19 extension to the north and a C20, single storey extension to the south.

INTERIOR: the interior is now quite altered and modernised.

The front boundary wall is separately listed at Grade II.

References:
The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Foyle A: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 2011-: 560.

Listing NGR: ST6628854097

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26408917

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)