Sherborne buildings [6]
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Sherborne buildings [6]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 20 May 2023
This building in Half Moon Street was built in 1530-34 by the Churchwardens of All Hallows Parish as a Church House. Constructed of stone ashlar under a roof partly of stone slates and partly of tiles. The building originally comprised a Church Hall on the first floor and a kitchen and some tenements on the ground floor. During the sixteenth century, the hall was used for church matters, and also hired for public meetings, marriages and for the performance of plays. In 1693, the lease was taken over by the Masters and Brethren of the Almshouse, and in 1701, the whole building was converted into 3 tenements. There are still 3 shops to the ground floor, the one on the right having a projecting front. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110736
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Image Location
Latitude
50.946598
Longitude
-2.515735