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Bampton House and Attached Gate Piers and Gateway

A Grade II Listed Building in Minehead, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2045 / 51°12'16"N

Longitude: -3.4801 / 3°28'48"W

OS Eastings: 296696

OS Northings: 146078

OS Grid: SS966460

Mapcode National: GBR LJ.486K

Mapcode Global: VH5JY.MZLG

Plus Code: 9C3R6G39+RX

Entry Name: Bampton House and Attached Gate Piers and Gateway

Listing Date: 4 July 1952

Last Amended: 30 September 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1206961

English Heritage Legacy ID: 391127

ID on this website: 101206961

Location: Minehead, Somerset, TA24

County: Somerset

District: Somerset West and Taunton

Civil Parish: Minehead

Built-Up Area: Minehead

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description



MINEHEAD

SS9646 BAMPTON STREET
900-1/3/2 (West side)
04/07/52 No.8
Bampton House and attached gate
piers and gateway
(Formerly Listed as:
BAMPTON STREET
(West side)
No.8
Bampton House including yard gateway
to right)

GV II

House. Early C18, altered C19 and 1992. Rendered rubble with
slate roofs and brick stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys
with attic; 6-window range. 1992 paired 6/6-pane sash windows,
2 to the left and 3 to the right of the door. Rusticated
quoins. The C19 central pedimented gable has a tall
semicircular-arched window with a cast-iron balustrade to the
lower part, raised voussoirs and a mask keystone. To the right
a wide segmental-arched carriage entrance with a lion's head
to the centre and tiled coping is flanked by piers with
pineapple finials. To the first floor of the right return is a
late C19 oriel window. Rusticated quoins not visible, covered
by rendering.
INTERIOR is in the process of being altered to accommodation
for people with special needs, the staircase etc has been
removed.
HISTORY: this is thought to be part of the property leased by
Samuel Hayman from Colonel Francis Luttrell in 1683. A
description exists of a good tenement in Friday Street having
a large court and a planked storehouse and two lofts above, a
bakehouse and a stable, with other property and land in
Bampton Street.
(Binding H: Minehead: A New History: Minehead: 1977-: 175).


Listing NGR: SS9669646078

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