Lyon House
Lyon House is a school building in Sherborne, West Dorset District, England which is located on Richmond Road. Lyon House is situated nearby to Sherborne School for Girls, as well as near the military installation Army Cadets.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: School building
- Address: Richmond Road
- Roof shape: half-hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherborne Abbey and Sherborne Museum.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
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Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries. Sherborne Abbey is situated 1,400 feet east of Lyon House.
Sherborne Museum
Museum
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Sherborne Museum is an independent, community-run museum located in the centre of Sherborne, Dorset. It is housed in the Abbey Gatehouse, a Grade II listed building situated on Church Lane, a pedestrianised thoroughfare connecting the town's market place with Sherborne Abbey. Sherborne Museum is situated 1,600 feet east of Lyon House.
Sherborne School for Girls
School
Photo: Steve Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sherborne Girls, formally known as Sherborne School for Girls, is an independent day and boarding school for girls, located in Sherborne, North Dorset, England. Sherborne School for Girls is situated 910 feet northwest of Lyon House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleton and Longburton.
Castleton
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle.
Longburton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524. Longburton is situated 2 miles south of Lyon House.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. Alweston is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lyon House.
Lyon House
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Sherborne, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94597° or 50° 56′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.52277° or 2° 31′ 22″ westLevels
3Open location code
9C2VWFWG+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 507296327OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=half-hipped
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