MSO10594 - The Lodge, Pooltown (Building)

Summary

The lodge to Chargot House, built c.1879 for John Insole.

Please read the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record .

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Full Description

Lodge to Chargot House (qv). Circa 1879. For John Insole. Red and glazed buff bricks, Flemish bond, steeply pitched roof, decorative ridge tiles, patterned clay tiles, overhanging eaves, sprockets, decorative bargeboards, central brick stack with moulded cap. Plan: 2 cell. Picturesque Gothic style. One and a half storeys, 2 bays, original sash windows with glazing bars, 2-light window in hipped dormer left rising from below eaves, right paired windows in gablet, one window left of gabled porch, carried on decorative wooden supports, plank door. Polychrome decoration on facade of red brick string courses and patterned tympana to voussoirs of alternating red and buff bricks, more ornate decoration on left return gable end looking onto drive to Chargot. A single storey verandah with patterned clay tile roof on decorative wooden supports originally enclosed the left return and rear elevations; a lively composition. [1] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 265364. First Listed on 5 June 1985. [2] 2-cell plan. Brick, Flemish bond walls. Gabled roof [3] The building was visited in June 2012 as part of a survey of listed buildings within the National Park. It received a score of 6. [4]

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Index: 5/6/1985. 34th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of West Somerset (Somerset).
  • <2> Unassigned: Webster CJ, Historic Environment Record. 2005. Staff Comments, Somerset County Council.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Somerset County Council. Various. Somerset HER parish files - Exmoor records.
  • <4> Report: Lawrence, G.. 2014. Exmoor National Park: Rapid condition survey of listed buildings 2012-13.

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Other Statuses/References

  • 2012-3 Building At Risk Score (6): 444/11/81
  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Park: Exmoor National Park
  • Somerset SMR PRN: 31067

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Location

Grid reference Centred SS 9849 3729 (12m by 11m)
Map sheet SS93NE
Civil Parish LUXBOROUGH, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Jun 6 2022 1:10PM

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