Description

ST49NW SOMERTON CP NORTH STREET (east side)

9/201 Scott Gould House
(Almshouses)

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GV II

Almshouses. 1866, restored 1981. Local lias stone cut and squared, with Ham stone dressings; asbestos cement slate roof
between coped gables with hipped corner; stone ashlar chimney stacks. 'L' plan; 2 storeys, 5 bay elevation to north
Street and 3 bay return to New Street. Plinth, band course, gables above all first floor windows; hollow chamfered
mullioned windows with square labels having horizontal bar casements,2-light above and 3 light below, with extra lower
window between bays 4 and 5, North Street, and between each bay on north Street elevation; to bay 3 in North Street
chamfered doorway with flat arched head and square label, and large boarded door, no window or gable over, but there
are two plaques giving original and restoration dates. Interiors not seen. In an important corner position with
considerable streetscape value. The almshouses built by Mrs Sophie Scott Gould of North Curry as 6 dwellings for widows
and single women. (VCH, Volume III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4912928674

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26594036

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)