Lydeard House

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Lydeard House
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Location Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°03′44″N3°11′25″W / 51.0623°N 3.1904°W / 51.0623; -3.1904 Coordinates: 51°03′44″N3°11′25″W / 51.0623°N 3.1904°W / 51.0623; -3.1904
BuiltMid 18th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Lydeard House, attached stables, and walls abutting entrance to the latter
Designated25 February 1955 [1]
Reference no.1295371
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Footbridge and railings over stream 20 metres East of Lydeard House
Designated4 May 1984 [2]
Reference no.1175320
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Wall enclosing raised garden to North and East of Lydeard House
Designated4 May 1984 [3]
Reference no.1059220
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Wall and gatepiers fronting road, Lydeard House
Designated4 May 1984 [4]
Reference no.1344852
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Location of Lydeard House in Somerset

Lydeard House in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England was built in the mid 18th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

Bishops Lydeard village in the United Kingdom

Bishops Lydeard is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Taunton in the district of Taunton Deane. The civil parish had a population of 2,839 persons as recorded in the 2011 census; this figure however includes the village of Cotford St Luke.

Somerset County of England

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

Listed building Collection of protected architectural creations in the United Kingdom

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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History

Lydeard House was built in the mid 18th century. It has been enlarged several times. [1]

Architecture

The red sandstone building has limestone dressings and a slate roof. The main block has five bays with the stables set back from the main house and were only joined in the mid 19th century. [1]

Sandstone A clastic sedimentary rock composed mostly of sand-sized particles

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized mineral particles or rock fragments.

Limestone Sedimentary rocks made of calcium carbonate

Limestone is a carbonate sedimentary rock that is often composed of the skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, foraminifera, and molluscs. Its major materials are the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). A closely related rock is dolomite, which contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2. In fact, in old USGS publications, dolomite was referred to as magnesian limestone, a term now reserved for magnesium-deficient dolomites or magnesium-rich limestones.

Bay (architecture) space defined by the vertical piers, in a building

In architecture, a bay is the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment. Bay comes from Old French baee, meaning an opening or hole.

The gardens have been restored since 1999 including the dredging of the lake and erection of pergolas. The gardens are now open to the public occasionally as part of the National Gardens Scheme. [5]

The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England and Wales, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake.

A raised garden at the rear of the house is enclosed by a Hindu-Moorish style red sandstone wall. [3] The other walls and gate piers are also of red sandstone. [4]

A footbridge over the stream 20 metres (66 ft) east of the house has three stone arches and wrought iron decoration. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lydeard House, attached stables, and walls abutting entrance to the latter". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Footbridge and railings over stream 20 metres East of Lydeard House". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Wall enclosing raised garden to North and East of Lydeard House". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Wall and gatepiers fronting road, Lydeard House". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. "Lydeard House, Bishops Lydeard near Taunton". Country Gardener. Retrieved 27 August 2017.