Armscote House And Attached Outbuilding

Armscote House is a house dating to the early 17th century, located in Tredington, Gloucestershire. It is a building of group value. The house is constructed of squared, coursed limestone with quoins, and has moulded coped gables with finials. It features a stone slate roof with imitation stone slates and external stacks with moulded bases, flues, and cornices. The building has an H-shaped plan and originally had a four-window front, though alterations have occurred. A 20th-century plank door sits within a moulded wood surround to the right of a recessed central bay, and a lead "sun" firemark is set into the wooden lintel above. To the left of the front door is a six-light, ovolo-moulded mullioned window with a king mullion. The first floor has a four-light, ovolo-moulded mullioned window with a king mullion, and the flanking gabled bays have similar windows on both the ground and first floors. Each gable has a three-light, ovolo-moulded mullioned window, with further two-light mullioned windows on the internal faces. All mullioned windows are accompanied by hood moulds and label stops. A plain stone sundial sits to the left of the left gable. Recessed panels are located in the apex of each gable, the inscriptions of which are now illegible. Two hipped dormers are also present. To the left of the house is an early 20th-century “spinning gallery” linking the house to an 18th-century outbuilding constructed of stone with a stone slate and tile roof and coped gables. A single chamfered light and a two-light ovolo-moulded mullioned window, complete with hood mould and label stops, are found at the rear. Some original wood mullioned windows with wooden lintels remain, while the rest have been replaced with 20th-century imitations. An original doorway is visible to the left, corresponding to the original front entrance. The right gable wing was extended in the early 20th century, and a lean-to was added to the side. Internally, the right gable wing features a spine beam with ogee stops, a large open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer incorporating ogee stops, extending over a 17th-century cupboard, and a timber and plaster partition in the passage with a moulded wood door. The central range contains another open fireplace with a chamfered stone surround and a chamfered timber bressumer with ogee stops, alongside a chamfered spine beam and joists with ogee stops. The left gable wing has a four-centred stone fireplace with a moulded surround, further 17th-century moulded doors, and timber and plaster partitions. A dog-leg staircase is also present, enclosed by a timber and plaster partition. The first-floor rooms feature two further stone four-centred fireplaces with moulded surrounds. Chamfered spine beams and joists with ogee stops are visible throughout the house, along with 17th-century timber and plaster partitions and moulded doors. Collars of 17th-century trusses are visible in the attic. Some timbers have been replaced.