Ilchester houses [16]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 18 May 2023

Number 1 Manor House, West Street, is part of a large corner house, built in the 17th century, much altered and greatly restored in the late 20th century. Constructed of rendered stone with Ham and artificial stone dressings under a concrete tile roof. Inside, the northwest corner room on the ground floor has Jacobean oak panelling with Corinthian pilasters. Other ground floor rooms are panelled. The house was never an actual manor house, has endured drastic external restoration and has been subdivided. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1223506 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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