Ellsbridge House

KEYNSHAM

ST66NE BATH ROAD 739-1/2/16 (North side) 19/06/75 Ellsbridge House

II

Detached house, now educational establishment. Early C18, extended c1830 with minor C20 addition. Finely-dressed ashlar to C19 ranges, coursed rubble to C18 core with ashlar copings and slate roofs with gable end and external ashlar stacks. STYLE: Tudor Gothic Revival. PLAN: L-shaped plan with C19 addition at south-west corner and C18 range to north. EXTERIOR: 3-storey; 3-window range to main block. Symmetrical south-west facade with gabled bays flanking recessed centre bridged by porch; gables with coped parapets, kneelers and apex finials; 2 external gable stacks to left with shafts in groups of 2 and 3. 3-light mullion and transomed windows to ground floor with dripstones, similar 2-light windows to first-floor and 2-light mullion windows to second-floor. Tudor-arched doorway with battlemented parapet; 2-leaf ribbed door. South-east facade has further 2, 3 and 4-light fenestration and 3-light canted bay to ground-floor with quatrefoil parapet. North-east facade of stepped elements reveals C18 core, formerly a central recessed 2-window section with stepped parapet in front of stair well; outer section set forward, that to south replaced by early C19 range, that to north a 1-window range. Also gabled range projecting to north-west; 12/8-pane sashes to ground and first floors and 16-pane sashes to second-floor; multi-paned casement fenestration to right-hand. C20 extension at south-east angle. INTERIOR: reeded surrounds to doorways in entrance hall; Tudor Gothic ribbed ceilings to ground-floor reception rooms. Open well staircase mahogany handrail, open string and cast-iron trefoil-headed balusters; 3-light stair-well window with etched panes in quatrefoil pattern.

Listing NGR: ST6678268220