Description

ST 2224 NE
9/87

HAMMET STREET (north side)
Nos 4 to 8 (consec)

4.6.52

GV
II*
Terrace of three storey five window brown brick fronts. 1788-90 when the street was laid out by Sir Benjamin Hammet (MP for Taunton, Keeper of the Castle etc). The properties are divided by plain pilasters. Continuous eaves cornice. Mixture of slate and tile roofs. Original rainwater pipes. Sash windows in plain reveals, some glazing bars missing. Painted stone doorcases with half round Tuscan pilasters, open pediments and traceried fanlights. Six-panel doors (four panels to No 8). Round headed entry arch between Nos 5 and 6. No 5 has a later shop window to right. Side of No 3 has three windows and forms part of the west side of Church Square.

All the listed buildings in Hammet Street together with St Mary Magdalene Church and the listed buildings in Church Square form an extremely important group.

Listing NGR: ST2280924588

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555603

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)