Blue House
The Blue House in Frome, Somerset, England, was built in 1726 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Blue House, located adjacent to the town bridge, was formerly the Bluecoat School and Almshouses, so named due to the colour of the school uniforms.Photo: Cheesy mike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Social service facility
- Description: Grade I listed architectural structure in Mendip, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Blue House, Frome”
- Address: The Bridge, Frome, BA11 1AP
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frome Museum and Frome Library.
Frome Museum
Museum
Photo: Nabokov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frome Museum in Frome, Somerset, England houses a collection of local history and has a particularly important collection of artefacts from the bronze foundry of J. W. Singer.
Church of St John the Baptist, Frome
Church
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist, Frome is a parish church in the Church of England in Frome within the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St John the Baptist, Frome is situated 650 feet south of Blue House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berkley and Buckland Dinham.
Berkley
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berkley is a dispersed settlement and civil parish in Somerset, England. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 344. It lies on the north-east edge of the town of Frome, St Mary's church being about 2+1⁄4 miles from the centre of Frome. Berkley is situated 2 miles east of Blue House.
Buckland Dinham
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckland Dinham is a small village near Frome in Somerset, England. The village has a population of 381. The village's main industry is farming, but the village is also a dormitory village for the nearby cities of Bath and Bristol. Buckland Dinham is situated 2½ miles northwest of Blue House.
Marston Bigot Park
Locality
Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marston Bigot Park encompasses approximately 222 hectares and includes Marston House, Marston Pond and the remains of the medieval shrunken village of Lower Marston. Marston Bigot Park is situated 2½ miles southwest of Blue House.
Blue House
- Category: building
- Location: Frome, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.23166° or 51° 13′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.32009° or 2° 19′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C3V6MJH+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 750093956OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=social_facilityOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4929254
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In Other Languages
“Blue House” goes by many names.
- Igbo: “Ụlọ Na-acha Ọcha, Frome”
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