24 Jan
Plumbing | General
Banwell - BS29
Enquiry from: Judith T
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Supply and replace single radiator with double of same width
Banwell
Banwell is a village and also civil parish on the River Banwell in the North Somerset area of Somerset, England. Its population was 2,919 according to the 2011 census. Banwell Camp, east of the village, is a univallate hillfort which has generated flint implements from the Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age. It was likewise occupied in the Iron Age. In the late 1950s it was excavated by J.W. Hunt of the Banwell Society of Archaeology. It is bordered by a 4 metres (13 feet) high financial institution and also ditch. The remains of a Romano-British suite were discovered in 1968. It consisted of a courtyard, wall surface as well as bathroom home near to the River Banwell. Artefacts from the site suggest it fell into disuse in the 4th century. Earthworks from farm buildings, 420 metres (1,380 ft) south of Gout House Farm, occupied from the 11th to 14th centuries where archaeological remains suggest the site was first occupied in the Romano-British duration. The elevated location which was occupied by the Bower House was bordered by a water filled up ditch, part of which has given that been integrated into a rhyne. The church was part of the Winterstoke Hundred. Banwell Abbey was built as a diocesans house in the 14th as well as 15th century on the website of a reclusive foundation. It was refurbished in 1870 by Hans Rate, and is now a Grade II * listed structure. Nearby is a little building provided to the town by Miss Elizabeth Fazakerly, who lived at The Abbey in 1887 to house a small fire-engine. It served as the station house till the 1960s and now houses a little gallery of souvenirs connected to the station house. "Beard's Stone" in Cave's Wood dates from 1842. It notes the reburial website of an ancient human skeleton found in a cavern near Bishop's Cottage. William Beard, an amateur excavator that had actually discovered the bones, had them reinterred as well as marked the website with the stone with a poetic engraving. Banwell Castle is a Victorian castle integrated in 1847 by John Dyer Sympson, a solicitor from London. Originally built as his residence, it is currently a hotel as well as restaurant as well as is a Grade II * listed structure.
