Ilchester houses [7]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 18 May 2023

Liongate House, part of which is known as Darlington House, is a detached House probably built in the early 19th century. Constructed of coursed lias rubble stone with brick dressings to windows under a hipped Welsh slate roof. There is an open stone porch with Tuscan columns and pilasters. There is an extension on the right of two bays. Bay one has an arched through carriageway. At the rear is an extension in brick under a clay tile roof. In front of the house are low wrought iron railings with a pair of matching gates. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1267403 Ilchester is a village in Somerset, situated astride the River Yeo or Ivel, some 4½ miles northwest of Yeovil and about 18 miles east of Taunton. Originally an important Roman town, Lindinis, on the Fosse Way and later a market town, in the medieval period Ilchester was the county town. It declined in size and importance and the last markets were held in 1833. The name was recorded in the Domesday Book as Givelcestre, meaning "Roman fort on the River Yeo".

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