Description

SO 71 NW BLAISDON NOTTSWOOD HILL

7/21 The Mount

II

House; late C19; squared random rubble, with 2-coloured brick dressings to window heads and flush band at first floor level, timber framing to gable; tiled roof, crested ridge. 2 room front, one storey with attics, with rear wing connecting to look-out tower. Entrance front has single-storey porch in centre, with brick steps, arched head with small window over, roof projects forward on timber posts, glazed sides with seats below. To right a 3-light casement window, flat-pointed head; to left projecting chimney breast with slight offsets and panelled stack. Above two 2-light dormers with rendered infill to gable; gable chimney to right. Main roof has wide eaves and verge projection. Gable to left has one-storey canted bay with hip roof; above wall and gable timber framed, rendered infill and 3 timber weatherings; a 2-light window; timber gable finial. Stone ground floor extends to look- out tower, upper timber framed floor added later. 3-storey look- out tower, top floor 3-light windows each side, with above a stumpy pyramid roof, with plain and shaped tiles, gablets on each face, timber finial and weather vane. Access to top floor by external timber stairs. All windows diamond leaded lights. Said to have been built by Gloucester solicitor as summer retreat.

Listing NGR: SO7025218232

External Links

• The Mount at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26622902

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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