MSO10540 - Archway and gate to Combe Sydenham (Building)
Summary
Please read the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record caveat document.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
Full Description
Archway and gate at entrance, now disused, to Combe Sydenham (qv). Archway: probably C18 altered early C20. Coursed red sandstone rubble. Semi-circular arched opening with squared voussoirs, keystone touching moulded cornice, parapet missing, 3 imported square stone piers with moulded caps and ball finials set above cornice; rusticated jambs, curved abutments with flat coping to gateway swept down to low wall. Raking buttresses on rear elevation (West front). Gate: mid C19. Wrought and cast iron. Dado of spear head uprights, 3 tiers of double scrolls. (Photograph in NMR). [1] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 264922. First Listed on 22/05/1969. [2] Stone, Random rubble, coursed walls. [3] The structures were visited in June 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. They received a BAR score of 4A. [4] The gateway does not appear to be shown on Stogumber Tithe Map of 1842 [5] but it is shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map. [6]
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SSO673 Index: 21/12/1984. Thirty-first List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Distict of West Somerset (Somerset).
- <2> SSO2013 Unassigned: Webster CJ, Historic Environment Record. 2005. Staff Comments, Somerset County Council.
- <3> SSO1 Unpublished document: Somerset County Council. Various. Somerset HER parish files - Exmoor records.
- <4> SEM8060 Report: Lawrence, G.. 2014. Exmoor National Park: Rapid condition survey of listed buildings 2012-13.
- <5> SEM7939 Map: Standidge & Co, London. 1842. Stogumber Tithe Map and Apportionment.
- <6> SEM6703 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1868-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
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Other Statuses/References
- 2012-3 Building At Risk Score (4A): 375/5/159/1
- 2012-3 Building At Risk Score (4A): 375/5/159/2
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- Somerset SMR PRN: 30850
Location
Grid reference | Centred ST 0762 3669 (6m by 9m) |
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Map sheet | ST03NE |
Civil Parish | STOGUMBER, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Apr 22 2021 10:55AM
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