Ilchester buildings [8]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 18 May 2023

Now home to a Chinese restaurant, Bank House, Market Place once housed two banks, Lloyds and National Westminster. Built in the early 19th century, of rendered stone under a hipped tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1057300 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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