Conservation Area: Dulverton Conservation Area
Authority | Exmoor National Park Authority |
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Date assigned | 01 December 1994 |
Date last amended | 01 January 2019 |
Date revoked |
Dulverton is situated on the River Barle and is the main settlement in the southern portion of Exmoor National Park, and acts as a main “gateway” to the high moors. The Barle valley broadens considerably at this point from the narrow wooded valley clad in ancient oak woodland to the north, enabling much of the town to have a gently sloping south and west facing aspect. The A396 Exe Valley road is just over a mile to the east, which connects with the North Devon Link Road and the town of Tiverton about 12 miles to the south. As stated in the Local Plan, “Dulverton’s accessibility, location and attractive character have created a tourism industry which is of vital importance to the town’s economy.”
The inherent character of Dulverton is that of a long established small market town of at least medieval origins. Closely linked, and included within the conservation area, is the separate small linear settlement of Northmoor with mainly 19th century cottages fronting a narrow through road. Dulverton retained its compact plan until the early 20th century with the main concentration of development in Fore Street, High Street and Back Street. Since that time development of housing estates to the south and east of the 19th century Hollam House, both by the local authority and private developers, especially since 1945, have doubled the size of the built-up area. This bears very little resemblance to the historic core, although is visually separated by areas of undeveloped land either side of the Abbot’s Way, which forms a pleasant link between old and new.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 9143 2804 (499m by 697m) (ENPA) |
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Map sheet | SS92NW |
Civil Parish | DULVERTON, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Related Monuments/Buildings (117)
- 1 and 2, Bilbower House, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10847)
- 1 and 3 Town Marsh, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22023)
- 1 to 5, Church Lane, Dulverton (Building) (MSO12315)
- 1-2, Lamb Back, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22315)
- 20th Century lych gate in All Saints Churchyard, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10835)
- 24-26, Lady Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21978)
- 3 and 5, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO12316)
- 34, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22017)
- 36, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22018)
- 4, Lady Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22021)
- 40-42, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22316)
- 5, Town Marsh, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22031)
- 6 and 8, Northmoor Road, Dulverton (Building) (MEM23839)
- 6-11 Northmoor Road, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21976)
- 62 (Greenslades) and 64 High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21975)
- Allotments, North of Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21913)
- Bank, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21971)
- Barle Bridge, Dulverton (Building) (MSO9331)
- Barle Gallery, 48 High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21973)
- Bollard and Hand Pump, Lady Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10852)
- Brimblecombe, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22314)
- British Legion House, Lady Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21934)
- Budds House, Rosemary Lane, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21922)
- Butcher's behind the Bridge Inn, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21994)
- Butcher's, Fore Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21993)
- Church of All Saints and Graveyard, Dulverton (Building) (MSO9327)
- Chypleighs, Rosemary Lane, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10859)
- Clark's Quarry, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21947)
- Congregational Church and Hall, Chapel Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10841)
- Culverts and Drains Under the High Street, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21902)
- Dart's Stables, Northmoor Road, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21936)
- Demolished buildings on Hollam Lane, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22269)
- Doone House Stores, Fore Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21928)
- Dulverton (Place) (MSO9335)
- Dulverton Bible Christian Methodist Chapel, Lady Street (Building) (MEM21910)
- Dulverton Flood Relief Banks (Monument) (MEM21953)
- Dulverton Laundry, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10842)
- Dulverton Library and Exmoor National Park Centre, Fore Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21968)
- Enamel Advertising Sign, High Street, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21980)
- Exmoor House / Dulverton Workhouse (Building) (MSO9361)
- Farthings, Bridge Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21961)
- Fishers' Dairy, Lady Street, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21997)
- Forge Cottage, Bridge Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10839)
- Former Bank, Buckingham House, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21970)
- Former Market House, Fore Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22180)
- Fruit Store at The Vineyard, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22019)
- Glass Sherds Found in Dulverton (Find Spot) (MEM22040)
- Gospel Hall / Marsh Hall, Hollam Lane, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10337)
- Guildhall Terrace, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22016)
- Guvenor House, The Wardrobe and Well Cottage, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21964)
- Hammer Mill, Town Marsh, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22024)
- Hampshire House, Chapel Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21962)
- Hangman's Alley, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21986)
- Holland House and 4, Chapel Lane, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10840)
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Bridge Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO12314)
- Lance Nicholson's, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22313)
- Lime Pit, East of the River Barle, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM22002)
- Lion Hotel, Fore Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10844)
- Lion Hunting Stables, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21920)
- Lower Mill, Dulverton (Building) (MSO9354)
- Market at Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21901)
- Mill Leat, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21911)
- Monmouth Terrace, opposite the Guildhall Centre, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21959)
- North of Bank Square, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21969)
- Number Seven, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22312)
- Old School House or Dulverton Top School, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21940)
- Outbuilding South of Wood Tenement, Jury Road, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10851)
- Page's Premises, Lady Street, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21932)
- Paper Mill, Lady Street, Dulverton (Monument) (MSO9360)
- Parish Rooms, Rosemary Lane, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21921)
- Police Station, Lady Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21935)
- Police Station/ Ellerton's Stores/ Dulverton Pharmacy, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21918)
- Poolston Cottage and Myrtle Cottage, Chapel Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21966)
- Post Office, Fore Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21929)
- Post-medieval buildings in Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21990)
- Pound on the East of the River Barle, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM22001)
- Pump Cottages, 1-3, Northmoor Road, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21974)
- Rock House Inn, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21923)
- Roman Catholic Church of St Stanislaus, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21904)
- Rothwell and Dunworth's Booshop, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21917)
- South Facing Elevation, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21963)
- Stables at Guildhall Terrace, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21960)
- Stanbury Garage, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21991)
- Sydenham House, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10846)
- Textile Mill, Weir Cleeve, Dulverton (Monument) (MSO12010)
- The Anchor, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21999)
- The Boot, Bridge Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10838)
- The Bridge Inn, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21914)
- The Cheese Store, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22014)
- The Greenway, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10848)
- The Guildhall Heritage Centre, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21958)
- The Lamb Hotel, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21912)
- The Manse, Chapel Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21916)
- The New Inn / Trumpington House, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22000)
- The Old Bake House, Chapel Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21915)
- The Retreat / Dulverton Residential Centre (Building) (MEM22010)
- The Tantivy, Fore Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21967)
- The Vineyard, Northmoor Road, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21937)
- The White Hart Inn, Stables and Coach House, Fore Street and High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21972)
- Town Hall or Market House, Fore Street, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10845)
- Town Marsh Smithy, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21927)
- Town Mills / Higher Mill, Dulverton (Building) (MSO9353)
- Tramway above Northmoor Road, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21938)
- Turnpike Cottage at Vicarage Hill, and Turnpike at Battleton, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21924)
- Vicarage, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21942)
- War Memorial, Dulverton (Building) (MEM22299)
- Water Supply in Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21946)
- Weaver's Studio, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21931)
- Webbers Estate Agents/ Butchers, The Barnstaple, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21992)
- Weir on the River Barle, Dulverton (Monument) (MEM21943)
- Weir View House, Northmoor Road, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21979)
- White Horse Inn, High Street, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21965)
- Wood Tenement, Jury Road, Dulverton (Building) (MSO9330)
- Wood's Café, Bank Square, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21930)
- Woodcote, Vicarage Hill, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21925)
- Woodlands (or Woodside), Jury Road, Dulverton (Building) (MSO10849)
- Wreneaton House and Stanbury Garage, Vicarage Hill, Dulverton (Building) (MEM21926)