Description

SO 70 SE FROCESTER BATH ROAD (east side)

1/103 Osborne House including walled courtyard with coach house and stables, and adjoining garden wall

II

Detached house with adjoining walled courtyard incorporating coach house and stable. Set of 4 piers with linking wall to north west side, linked to courtyard. c1830; later C19 addition to rear. Ashlar limestone; coursed rubble to rear and courtyard; ashlar chimneys; Welsh slate roofs. Two-storey; lower parallel rear range. Courtyard to rear has stables on north west side with small coach house opposite. South west front: 3-window fenestration, all 12-pane sashes, outer in very slight break-forwards. Central doorway with moulded architraves and glazed double doors; portico porch with paired square piers, entablature and blocking course. Plain plinth and upper floor level band. Projecting eaves to low- pitched hipped roof. Upper floor windows retain later Cl9 sunblind valencing. South east side: 2-window fenestration. Two eaves- mounted chimneys, one to side, other to rear, both with modillion cornice. Rear: lower 2-storey service range with mixed sash and casement fenestration. Walled courtyard has stable with segmental arched stable doors, central parapet-gabled break forward having kneelers. Central segmental arched doorway with similar loft door above. Coach house has large round arched doorway in gabled front end, rear with hipped roof. Row of 4 square piers with gabled weathered caps form end feature to walled garden. Central square- headed doorway; outer copings sweeping up to piers. Remainder of walled garden is not of special interest. Interior: slender turned balusters to open well staircase. Central rectangular sky-light. A good example of the villa style, unusual in retaining complete stabling and coach house facilities in small courtyard. (N.M. Herbert, 'Frocester' in V.C.H. Glos. x, 1972, pp. 170-178).

Listing NGR: SO7815104065

External Links

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