Sopwell House

1. 1582 COTTONMILL LANE (West Side)

Sopwell House TL 10 NE 24/125 8.5.50.

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1. Early C18 manor house which incorporated an earlier building on the site, not now visible; and was altered and extended early C19. Now 3 storeys, 8 windows in irregular front broken forward in 2 left bays (the original building) and further forward in the 6th bay which contains the entrance. Low pitched, slate roof concealed by parapet, whole front stuccoed with bands below parapet and at 1st and 2nd floor levels. All windows recessed sashes with glazing bars in plain reveals, segment headed except for those on ground floor left of entrance which are round arched. Round arched entrance with impost blocks and keystone on which rests a thin cornice hood also supported by lions' masks above wide, panelled, modified pilasters. Deeply recessed door to lozenge-shaped hall with door openings in the 4 long sides. These have semi-circular tympana above, with allegorical figures in modallions. Shallow, 8-part groin-vaulted ceiling. All ground floor rooms have ornamental cornices, some with modillions or with anthenion pattern and guilloche moulding. Early C18 staircase with turned balusters. A one-storey, 2-window extension to the right front of the building abuts on a large, set-back, stuccoed, round arch with architrave and keystone framed by an order, with paterae in spandrels, surmounted by cresting with paterae and garlands, and urn finial. A one-storey, 2-window lodge adjoins the arch at right, balancing the extension to left of arch. Both returns to arch have door in panelled reveal, with pilasters and wide cornice hood on curved brackets. Windows similar to those of main block.

Listing NGR: TL1561905345