Dewsall Court

DEWSALL CP - SO 43 SE 6/51 Dewsall Court 20.10.52 GV II House. C17 and C18, altered in C19. Sandstone rubble, sandstone dressings, hipped Welsh slate roofs with bell-casts, and brick stacks. H-plan with main front to north. Cellar and three storeys. North elevation has 1:2:1 windows, glazing bar wrought iron casements under dressed segmental sandstone heads. Windows of top floor are tripartite sashes under square heads. Left wing has 3-light casement to ground floor; upper windows are boarded. Entry to right of centre part has late C19 door with four panels. Two further entries in right return of left wing have ledged doors. The first is at ground floor level; the second, immediately above leads into first floor and is reached by tallet stairs, rising from the north, arched over the first. South elevation has large glazed porch to centre enclosing a side stack. West elevation has deep window lighting the staircase. Interior (not inspected) noted as having balusters of c1700 pattern to top landing of staircase. Oil painting mentioned by Pevsner as being of the Judgement of Paris, in manner of Lely, is said to be in the board room of Guys Hospital in London. C17 panelling mentioned in RCHM said to be largely no longer in situ. (BoE, p 110; RCHM, Vol I, p 53).

Listing NGR: SO4863033353