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Latitude: 51.0826 / 51°4'57"N
Longitude: -2.334 / 2°20'2"W
OS Eastings: 376698
OS Northings: 131531
OS Grid: ST766315
Mapcode National: GBR 0V6.4Q7
Mapcode Global: FRA 6608.6JM
Plus Code: 9C3V3MM8+29
Entry Name: Pen Pits
Listing Date: 3 March 1982
Last Amended: 9 March 1982
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1274243
English Heritage Legacy ID: 415757
ID on this website: 101274243
Location: Penselwood, Somerset, BA9
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Pen Selwood
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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PEN SELWOOD
PEN PITS
03-MAR-82
II*
House. 1935. By P.J.B. Harland; for composer Sir Arthur Bliss. Cavity brickwork rendered and reinforced concrete; ashphalt flat roofs; rendered chimney stacks. In International Functionalist style of complex plan; 2 storeys, the North elevation in 6 ordered bays; with steel casement windows bays 1-5 a formal panelled treatment, bay 6 has concrete slab and single wing wall porch protecting simple door with circular window alongside, with deep stair window over; return, set back, to West: tanks structure on roof. South elevation has 'ocean liner' characteristics, featuring wide sun patio at first floor level with steel ladder and railings with wide, open loggia, in composite steel and concrete construction, and also almost continuous window wall to living room. On the roof, suspended between the water tank and chimney is the wireless aerial.
INTERIOR retains practically all original features including doors, door furniture, bookcases, fireplaces, linoleum in dining room and carefully designed changes of level.
The property is constructed within the Pen Pits Quern Quarries. Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 470).
SOURCE: Yorke, F.R.S., The Modern House in England, pp.70-71.
Listing NGR: ST7669831531
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