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AR Quinton 1951 Old Postcard The Yarn Market Dunster, Street Sheep Shepherd 1618Vintage Old Colour Art Drawn Postcard. Artist Signed ARQ A.R.Q. Somerset. The Yarn Market and Castle. High Street. Street scene. Shepherd, Sheep. From an original water colour drawing / painting by A.R. Quinton. No. 1618Built in the 17th Century - this quaint octagonal building was where - in the old days - the famous Dunster Cloths were sold. It is lighted by 8 dormer windows and a lantern at the top - The wide over-hanging eaves give added character to the picturesque old building. / The Yarn Market, Dunster stands at the north end of High Street, an octagonal building, a curious structure of wood covered with slates with eight dormer windows. One of its Timbers was pierced by a cannon ball when the Castle was besieged in 1646. Restored in 1647, date upon weather vane. Dunsters or Kerseymere cloths were sold here. Publisher: J. Salmon
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