Ilchester houses [20]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 18 May 2023

The Old Rectory, Church Street, was purchased as a rectory in 1842, but the building date is not known. Constructed, in a villa style, of squared lias stone with a Ham stone ashlar front under a hipped Welsh slate roof. There is a small single-storey extension. In front of the house are some fine wrought iron boundary railings, on a low stone base, with a matching pair of gates. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1345743 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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