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1488

1488

General Information

  • Registration number
    1488
  • Date constructed
    pre1781
  • Century constructed
    Unknown
  • Evidence proof date
    N/A
  • Evidence proof use
    N/A
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    4

Address

  • Address
    St Omer
  • Village or town
    Draycott, Cheddar
  • County
    Somerset
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Somerset
  • Region
    England

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Other (see notes)
  • Direction faced
    SSW

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    5
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Arch: Pointed
  • Back shape
    Flat
  • Recess size
    15x21x18
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    39
  • Rows
    2
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    43, 62
  • Wall material
    Stone
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2009
  • Pictures available
    G: Digital only

Notes

  • retaining wall (built of Draycott marble, local stone), now in garden, adjoins house which was originally the coach house of nextdoor farm; boles are almost triangular in shape, and there may have been one more; depth altered in 1800s; similar boles nearby (1490)

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