Stockwood House And Attached Rear Conservatory And Front Wall And Gate Piers

KEYNSHAM

ST66NW STOCKWOOD ROAD, Whitchurch 739-1/1/101 (East side) Stockwood House and attached rear conservatory, front wall and gate piers

GV II

House with rear conservatory and attached front garden wall and piers. Early C19 with late C19 and mid C20 alterations. Colourwashed render with stone dressings, ashlar coped parapet, shallow, hipped slate roofs to west and gabled slate roof to east with rendered stack to centre, brick stacks to rear parapet and south gable slope; garden wall of coursed rubble with ashlar copings and ashlar piers. STYLE: Late Georgian. PLAN: originally formed part of St Keyna House (qv), comprising a rectangular-plan wing with late C19 extension and remodelling to west front and conservatory added to south-east. EXTERIOR: east front of 2 storeys with attic; 4 early C19 6/6-pane sashes to left of canted later C19 bay with similar horned sashes at angle with St Keyna House; hipped dormers with late C19 horned 2/2-pane sashes. West front of 3-storeys; late C19 extension brought forward from plane of early C19 elevation of 5-window range, with centre 3 bays projecting and outer bays recessed; central reset porch with paired square columns with incised fret decoration and entablature with Greek key fret; late C20 panelled door with 3 rectangular lights. Windows to second floor are late C19 plate-glass sashes in plain reveals with sills, those to centre right narrower; re-used early C19 12-pane sash with horns above porch and similar 8-pane sash to right. Recessed section to right has re-used early C19 12-pane sash to ground floor, 18-pane sash to first floor and plate-glass sash to second floor; recessed section to left has mid C20 casement fenestration. The early C19 wing is visible to the extreme right, and has 6/6-pane sash to first floor; horned 6/6-pane sash in gable end with kneelers. INTERIOR: noted in 1992 as having retained early C19 joinery and other features. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: fine late C19 conservatory attached to south-east corner with apsidal east end; front boundary wall with ashlar copings and 2 sets of square ashlar piers with moulded caps. The building was originally in the civil parish of Whitchurch, but due to boundary changes it is now within the parish of Keynsham. Principally included for its integral relationship with St Keyna House (qv) and the retention of a fine late C19 conservatory.

Listing NGR: ST6296468563