How old is that building?
How old is that building?
A list of
surviving old
buildings in
Yeovil
I'm often asked what is the oldest building in Yeovil?, how old is a particular building? why did they pull everything down that was old? So I've put together this list to show that there are still a lot of old buildings in Yeovil although, of course, many a fine facade has been spoilt by a modern shop-front. The list is not definitive, but it's a start.
|
c1380 - c1400 |
St John's church - of course it's the oldest surviving Yeovil building. |
|
14th century |
The Chantry (Church Path - albeit completely rebuilt 1855) |
|
c1413 - c1422 |
Preston Great Farm (Abbey Farm) and Preston Barn |
|
c1420 |
St James' church (Preston Plucknett) |
|
fl 1517 |
Mermaid Hotel (mostly completely rebuilt 1769) |
|
16th century |
Glencote (Preston Road - major 17th century alterations) |
|
1608 - 1612 |
|
|
fl 1664 |
Three Choughs (much dates from 1724, re-fronted 1845) |
|
17th century |
Former Glovers Arms
(Reckleford) |
|
c1730 |
Bryndene (43-47, Princes
Street) |
|
c1740 |
Hendford Manor
(Substantially extended in the 1820s) |
|
c1750 |
46 & 48, Princes Street (Town House, now shops) |
|
fl 1766 |
Royal Oak (now the Green Room, Wine Street) |
|
c1765 |
Church House (Church Street) |
|
1776 |
Hendford House (Manor Hotel) |
|
c1780 |
Former King's Arms (Silver Street) |
|
1790 |
Today's Superdrug building (The Borough) |
|
18th century |
Former 'Cottage Cafe'
building |
|
late 18th century |
Court Ash House
(re-fronted c1830) |
|
early 19th century |
Greyhound Yard (South
Street) |
|
1805 |
Green Quarry (Yeovil's oldest small domestic properties?) |
|
1821 |
Goodford's Folly /
Cottage (isolated Mudford Road cottage) |
|
1820s |
Flower's House (Georgian
residence, Hendford) |
| 1829-30 | Aldon House |
|
1830 |
25 High Street (former
Denner's / Beale's) |
|
1830s |
Church Terrace (Small
Regency dwellings) |
|
1836 |
Pall Inn rebuilt (Silver Street) |
|
1837 |
Workhouse administration block (Preston Road) |
|
1838 |
Deposit Bank (High Street) |
|
1840s |
Ashgrove (Regency-style
Villa, Mudford Road) |
|
1849 |
Town House (Union Street) |
|
1854 |
|
|
1856 |
9, High Street (Lloyds Bank - only the front elevation is original) |
|
1850s |
Railway Hotel (Hendford) |
|
1860 |
Elephant & Castle (Middle Street) |
|
1875 |
Reckleford Board School (Reckleford) |
|
1877 |
Former Wine Vaults (Wine Street) |
|
1878 |
Congregational church (now United Reformed, Princes Street) |
|
1870s |
Nos 1 & 2, Court Ash
(Victorian commercial properties) |
|
1880s |
Ayr Villa (former Baptist manse, Hendford) |
|
1888 |
Assembly Rooms (Princes Street) |
|
1889 |
Victoria Temperance Hall (now the Day Centre, South Street) |
|
1894 |
Masonic Hall (Hendford) |
|
1890s |
Nautilus Works (Reckleford) |
|
1897 |
St Michael & All Angels' church (St Michael's Avenue) |
This photograph
features in my
book 'The Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil - a History and Guide'.
Yeovil's oldest building - St John the Baptist, the parish church of Yeovil, seen from the south. Photographed 2017.
