Description

SS9127 DULVERTON CP BRIDGE STREET (North side)

15/66 Exmoor House
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- II

Union work house, now council offices. 1855, converted early C20. Random rubble local stone, dressed voussoirs and
jambs, slate roofs, overhanging eaves, stone stacks gable ends. T-plan facing south, central block with flanking wings
and long range at rear. To storeys, single storey wings, 3:7:3 bays, central 3 bays break forward slightly with open
pediment, first floor 9-pane sash windows, ground floor 12-pane to central entrance, panelled door, square headed
entrance end bay left blocked. Wooden lantern centre above pediment, shallow pyramid roof, arched louvred openings on
each face. Nine bay rear wing with plastic sashes. The history of the Dulverton workhouse is told in Jack Hurley's
"Rattle His Bones".

Listing NGR: SS9121627959

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26554652

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments