Shockerwick House

Shockerwick House is a country house, later adapted for use as offices and a nursing home, dating to around 1750. The original design is attributed to John Wood the Elder of Bath, with substantial alterations and additions made in 1896 by E. George and A.B. Yeates. The main structure is built of ashlar, with coursed squared rubble and ashlar dressings on the north front, and has slate roofs concealed behind parapets. Prominent ashlar stacks are also present.

The house is arranged over three storeys and a basement, with two-storey wings that were heightened in 1896. The north front features six bays, with the central three bays slightly advanced and the central bay further emphasised by a pediment. The windows are glazing bar sash windows set within moulded architraves, with a two-light casement window under a cornice to the right wing. A Venetian window with a pediment is positioned on the first floor of the central bay, and a tripartite window sits above. A plat band runs above the ground floor. The main entrance is through a central panelled door within a moulded architrave, itself set below a pediment displaying armorial bearings and decorative carvings. A projecting Ionic portico with four columns, a dentilled cornice, and a segmental pediment was added in 1896. A single-storey billiard room projects to the east, with a gabled parapet and two blocked round-headed windows.

The south garden elevation is characterised by two bays, with the central five bays advanced, featuring four giant engaged Corinthian columns to the first and second floors, and Corinthian angle pilasters to the third and fifth bays. A plain entablature, dentilled cornice, and pediment, bearing a cartouche in the tympanum, top the central three bays. The outer four bays are two storeys high and incorporate a partly balustraded and ramped-up parapet. Glazing bar sash windows are present on the ground floor, recessed and arched to the side wings. A central French door allows access. A moulded string sits above the ground floor of the wings, and a plat band runs along the centre. A detached extension, likely from the early 20th century, is constructed of coursed squared rubble with a Cotswold stone slate roof. This extension has two storeys and seven casement windows with moulded surrounds, with projecting two-storey square bays featuring pediments at numbers 2 and 6.

Attached to the rear of the main house are former stable blocks, built in the mid-18th century. These are of coursed squared rubble construction with a hipped Cotswold stone slate roof, a parapet, and a central pediment. The stable blocks are two storeys high, five bays wide, with the central three bays slightly advanced. Glazing bar sash and decorative oeil de boeuf windows are visible, along with plank doors.

The interior of the main block has been largely altered, though some original and reproduction decorative plasterwork remains. A cantilever staircase was rebuilt in the 20th century. Panelled doors and marble and plaster fireplaces are also present. The billiard room is panelled and features a balustrade.