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Glebe House

A Grade II Listed Building in Isle Brewers, Somerset

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Latitude: 50.984 / 50°59'2"N

Longitude: -2.9012 / 2°54'4"W

OS Eastings: 336834

OS Northings: 120892

OS Grid: ST368208

Mapcode National: GBR M9.LBSS

Mapcode Global: FRA 46TH.TTL

Plus Code: 9C2VX3MX+HG

Entry Name: Glebe House

Listing Date: 23 June 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1250017

English Heritage Legacy ID: 431827

ID on this website: 101250017

Location: Isle Brewers, Somerset, TA3

County: Somerset

District: South Somerset

Civil Parish: Isle Brewers

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Church of England Parish: Isle Brewers

Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells

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Description


In the entry for:-


ST32SE ISLE BREWERS CP ISLE BREWERS VILLAGE

4/3 Glebe House

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- II

the description should be ammended to read:-

Former rectory, now house. Dated 1847 for Joseph Woolfe. D. D, Vicar
of the parish, restored 1950's by Lieut. Colonel Boulter; later C20
alterations. Local lias random coursed rubble, replacement concrete
tile roof. Tudor-Gothic style, roughly T-plan. Two storeys, garden
front of 1:1 bays; to left projecting under a front-facing gable,
restored 5-light mullioned and transomed bay window, battlemented
cornice, stone roof, 3-light stone-mullioned and transomed window
on first floor, coped verge and finial to gable; to right on ground
floor a mullioned and transomed window and a single-light window,
on first floor a 2-light casement dormer; cast-iron casements to
ground floor with plate glass panes, glazing bars to upper windows.
Entrance front on left return, largely restored, has a front-facing
gable with stone-roofed canted bay, 4-light casement on first floor.
Gabled projecting porch, 4-centered door opening, coped parapet,
inner panelled and glazed door; projecting chimney-breast to right
with date plaque; 1987 conservatory to rebuilt left bay not of special
interest.
Interior: Original panelled doors, moulded architraves, decorated
fireplace to former dining room and plainer fireplaces elsewhere,
stair with chamfered stick balusters and ogee-topped newels. Woolfe
was well known for his conversion to the Catholic faith and his
subsequent embracing of the Anglican church, his life is well
documented in contemporary sources.
Coach-house with stable attached to north-west and outbuildings
attached to west not of special interest.

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ST32SE ISLE BREWERS CP ISLE BREWERS VILLAGE

BREWERS ';ILL4GE
4/3 Glebe House II

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- II


Former rectory, now house. Dated 1847 for Joseph Woolfe D.D, Vicar of the parish. Local lias random coursed rubble,
replacement concrete tile roof. Tudor-Gothic style, roughly T-plan. Two storeys, garden front of 1:1 bays; to left
projecting under a front-facing gable, 5-light mullioned and transomed bay window, battlemented cornice, stone roof,
3-light stone-mullioned and transomed window on first floor, coped verge and finial to gable; to right on ground floor
a mullioned and transomed window and a single-light window, on first floor a 2-light casement dormer; cast-iron
casements to ground flour with plate glass panes, glazing bars to upper windows. Entrance front on left return has a
front-facing gable with stone-roofed canted bay, 4-light casement on first floor. Gabled projecting porch, 4-centred
door opening, coped parapet; projecting chimney-breast to right with data plaque. Interior believed to have coeval
features, Woolfe was well known for his conversion to the Catholic faith and his subsequent embracing of the Anglican
Church. It it believed his life is well documented in contemporary sources.


Listing NGR: ST3683420892

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