Description

SO 8004 NW STONEHOUSE DOWNTON ROAD (west side)

8/170 Bridgend House

28.6.60 II

Former large detached house, now 3 houses. Dated W C 1691; mid- late C18 alterations; mid-late C19 service wing and yard. Random rubble limestone, all roughcast rendered; red brick; ashlar chimneys; stone slate and concrete plain tile roofs. Two-storey with attic; T-plan with single-storey service courtyard. West front: symmetrical with 2 gables, 9-window sash fenestration, all 12-pane with plain architraves, outer 2 sashes in C18 additions at either end of front with moulded stone parapets, alternating chamfered stone quoins, and plain upper floor brick band with brickwork below. In gables, 2-light chamfered mullioned attic casements with hoodmoulds and lozenge decorated oval windows in apex above. Central doorway with moulded architrave, now blocked. T-plan ridge-mounted ashlar chimney with moulded cap. Late C19 brick service wing to left with cambered arched casements. South side: end of C18 addition to front range projects forward of gable end to left with upper floor room supported on stone Tuscan columns, iron posts between, attached screen wall providing further extension of front; single 12-pane sash to upper floor. Ground floor sash to right of C18 addition; 2-light mullioned casement above and (partially blocked) to attic, both with hoodmoulds. Single-window fenestration below east-facing gable: blocked sash opening to ground floor, 2-light to upper floor and blocked 2-light in gable with oval above having initials W C. Further upper floor 2-light right with late C18 doorway below. South side of east wing has 2 attic gables, that to left with 2-light mullioned casements and oval dated 1691; that to right being smaller with 2-light recessed cavetto mullioned attic casement, oval over; sash to upper floor, 2 casements below with mullions removed. East end: gabled with 4-light casement having hoodmould to ground floor with 12-pane sash over and 2-light casement to attic. Service courtyard adjoins to right. North side: 2 gables, left with projecting chimney has rebuilt shaft. Sashes with thick glazing bars to right; 2 light chamfered mullioned casement to ground floor. Interior: large quantity of fielded panelling throughout house; shutters to sashes. Original timber spiral stair removed to Painswick. Extended collar roof construction. Built for William Clutterbuck, a member of the numerous clothier's family. (Illustrated in J.H.A. Anderson, Stonehouse: a Pot-Pourri of the Past in Pictures, n.d; and N.M. Herbert, 'Stonehouse' in V.C.H. Glos. x, 1972, pp 267-289)

Listing NGR: SO8026804587

External Links

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