Description

SO 7803 FROCESTER BATH ROAD (west side)

9/107 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

II

Former coaching inn, now hotel. Part Cl8, mostly rebuilt c1820. Random rubble limestone, mostly smooth rendered; brick chimneys; Welsh slate roof. Three-storey with 2 projecting front wings. East front: 3-window fenestration to central part, large 16-pane sashes to ground and middle floors, 8-pane to upper floor. central glazed lobby entrance beneath continuous lean-to canopy with iron column supports. Each wing has large canted ground floor bay window with 16-pane sashes, left wing 2-storey with 16-pane upper floor sash, right 3-storey, fenestration as to main part of front. South side: exposed rubble masonry with scattered 12-pane sash fenestration. Eaves-mounted brick chimney. North side: 2 projecting chimney stacks, both with brick shafts. Single-storey outbuildings to rear incorporating former stables and coach house. Interior: stone vaulted cellar in rear wing. Some other C18 and Cl9 features. Stands on Gloucester-Bath turnpike, superceded by easier route constructed along Nailsworth valley. (N.M. Herbert, 'Frocester' in V.C.H. Glos. x, 1972, pp. 170-178, and Road Travel and Transport in Gloucestershire, 1985).

Listing NGR: SO7852603204

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)