Description

ST54SE PILTON CP
WEST COMPTON

4/163 West Compton House, forecourt
wall and piers on roadside

2.6.61

- II*

Farmhouse, later altered to a small country residence, C17; mid C18 alterations for Bisse family. Rendered, tile roof,
coped verges, brick stacks on ashlar bases, plinth band, moulded first floor band, moulded cornice, parapet with a
moulded coping, emphasised dressed stone quoins. Symmetrical Palladian frontage. Two storeys and basement, 3:3 bays,
12-pane sash windows with thick glazing bars in edge moulded stone architraves; central half glazed door in a moulded
architrave, flat-moulded cornice on acanthus leaf brackets; oblong panel set directly over with scrolly side brackets;
6 stone steps to door, top step renewed in concrete. Entrance to basement to left of frontage, paired plank doors,
cambered head. Interior with fine dog leg staircase, turned and twisted balusters, ramped handrail, tread brackets;
fireplace to ground floor in a dressed stone surround; further lesser features. Rubble wall to right of frontage,
dressed stone coping ramped up at end, bead moulded door opening; rubble forecourt wall; square ashlar gate piers to
centre with moulded caps and pineapple finials in acanthus left cuppings; rusticated end piers, ball caps; further door
opening to left, rusticated jambs; wall coping ramped up to each end and at gate piers. Central gateway reached by a
set of 5 rubble steps. C20 wooden gates not of special interest. (Phelps, The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire,
1839; VAG report, unpublished SRO, no date).

Listing NGR: ST5939742245

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552761

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings