North-east and south-east pavilions to east forecourt, Montacute House is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. A 1590-1600 Pavilion.
North-east and south-east pavilions to east forecourt, Montacute House
- WRENN ID
- calm-cloister-twilight
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Pavilion
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST4917 7/130
MONTACUTE CP THE BOROUGH (north side, off) North-east and south-east pavilions to east forecourt, Montacute House
19.4.61
GV I Corner pavilions to former entrance courtyard. 1590-1600, by William Arnold for Sir Edward Phelips. Ham stone ashlar; Welsh slate ogee-hip roof with openwork stone finial.
Square on plan; single-storey, but treated elevatinally as and possibly formerly two storeys, single-bay each face. Plinth, string, upper cill band, cornice with console bracket dentils, ornamental merlins to low castellated parapets, with obelisk corner finials set on corner Doric columns which have corbel bases it string course level; each lace has a composite 1+3+1 light window, of which the centre lights form a semi-circular bay, the upper windows having transome, and all windows diamond-leaded: on north west corner (north-east pavilion) and south west corner (south east pavilion) are chamfered cambered-arched doorways.
Interiors plain, ashlar faced, with simple vaulted ceilings. The dominant features of trio original entrance forecourt, probably used as occasional lodging rooms, and originally matched by a central gateway, made redundant in 1785.
(Girouard, M and others, Montacute House, National Trust, 1985).
Listing NGR: ST4999117119
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