The Battlements is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. School, house.
The Battlements
- WRENN ID
- swift-ledge-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- School, house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
THORNFALCON CP A358 (North side) ST22SE
5/143 The Battlements
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- II
School now house. Built by the Chisholm-Batten family. Early-mid C19, enlarged late C19. Roughcast over rubble, slate roofs behind crenellations and parapets, brick stacks at rear. Plan: double pile with addition right. Castellated picturesque style. Two storeys, 2:1:2 bays, first gabled centre bay breaks forward with pinnacles and coat of arms in apex, first floor left 2 many-paned pointed arch casements under one hoodmould, centre 12-pane sash window under hoodmould, right two 4-pane sash windows under one hoodmould, ground floor left 2 pointed arch casements under one hood mould, right 4-light mullioned window under hood mould, centre crenellated projecting doorcase with semi-circular arched opening; left pair blind window openings under hood moulds right end bay, left under lower crenellated roof line 2 pointed arch casements under hoodmould with similar projecting crenellated doorcase and semicircular arched head door. Probably separate entrances for boys and girls.
Listing NGR: ST2762623723
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