Wickham Court And Attached Walls

BRISTOL

ST6176 WICKHAM HILL, Stapleton 901-1/29/1975 (East side) 08/01/59 Nos.1 AND 2 Wickham Court and attached walls (Formerly Listed as: WICKHAM HILL Wickham Court, No.1-4 (Consec))

GV II*

House. Early C17. Pennant rubble with double Roman tiled roof. Double-depth plan with left-hand cross-wing. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys, attic and basement; 4-window range. Central gable with flanking 2-storey blocks, with 2 doors to right of the gable, the right-hand one with a large stone lintel and 6-panel door, glazed at the top and fielded in the middle; C20 glazed door to the left, and stone boot scrapers. Leaded metal casements with interlacing at the top and some green glass, set in 2- and 3-light ovolo-moulded mullion and transom windows to the gable, first floor and attic; plain cross windows with glazing bars on the ground floor and to the right. INTERIOR: central rear dogleg winder stair with splat balusters and vase newels with pendants, leading to an observation platform in the top of the rear stair tower; scrolled window catches and angled stanchion bars; deeply chamfered beams with chamfer stops, and studded doors with 9 panels. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached rubble garden wall extends approx 100m to SW. HISTORICAL NOTE: Cromwell and Fairfax are believed to have held council here before the march on Bristol in August 1645. An important house with a good and fairly complete interior. The garden wall follows the line of the former Gloucester Road up from Wickham Bridge (qv).

Listing NGR: ST6195676177