Merchant's House, Shepton Mallet
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The Merchant's House at Number 8, Market Place, Shepton Mallet
, Somerset
, England was built around 1675 and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The date of construction was confirmed by dendrochronology
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It was built by Edward Strode a wealthy landowner to be tenented. Shepton Mallet was a wealthy town on the back of the wool trade so the south range of the house was almost certainly built for a wool merchant. The north was two tenements with two shop units.
Since 2004 the building has been renovated with around 5% funding from English Heritage
and Mendip
Council, receiving the William Stansell/SBPT Building Award from the Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust
in 2008. In 2009 the renovation was recognised with a special award from Mendip Council.
The restoration and conservation included 80 new leaded lights and 27 new metal casements. The work undertaken was shown in a programme of the BBC2 series Restore to Glory. The building was in a parlous state prior to work and was included on both national and regional buildings at risk registers.
Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet is a small rural town and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset in South West England. Situated approximately south of Bristol and east of Wells, the town is estimated to have a population of 9,700. It contains the administrative headquarters of Mendip District Council...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England was built around 1675 and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The date of construction was confirmed by dendrochronology
Dendrochronology
Dendrochronology or tree-ring dating is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree-rings. Dendrochronology can date the time at which tree rings were formed, in many types of wood, to the exact calendar year...
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It was built by Edward Strode a wealthy landowner to be tenented. Shepton Mallet was a wealthy town on the back of the wool trade so the south range of the house was almost certainly built for a wool merchant. The north was two tenements with two shop units.
Since 2004 the building has been renovated with around 5% funding from English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
and Mendip
Mendip
Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England. The Mendip district covers a largely rural area of ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels. It has a population of approximately 110,000...
Council, receiving the William Stansell/SBPT Building Award from the Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust
Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust
The Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust works to save the architectural heritage of Somerset, England.The Trust is an independent body and consists of up to 18 Trustees who hold Board meetings 3 times a year. It is a Building Preservation Trust with charitable status and a company limited by...
in 2008. In 2009 the renovation was recognised with a special award from Mendip Council.
The restoration and conservation included 80 new leaded lights and 27 new metal casements. The work undertaken was shown in a programme of the BBC2 series Restore to Glory. The building was in a parlous state prior to work and was included on both national and regional buildings at risk registers.