Jerrards, With Attached Service Range And Pigeon-House

Jerrards is a house with attached service range and pigeon-house, incorporating a core dating back to the 16th century. It was largely rebuilt in the 17th century, with a date of 1616 displayed on the porch, and extended in the 20th century. The house is constructed of rubble stone with a stone slate roof, stone gable copings, and a 20th-century gable at the front. It has two storeys and attics, and originally had three windows, though this has been altered by later additions. The original part of the house has hollow-chamfered stone mullions to the ground floor windows and ovolo-moulded mullions to the first floor. A 16th-century window sits to the left of the porch, featuring four lights with a separate label. Two 17th-century windows, each with two lights, are located to the right of the porch, and have separate moulded cornices. Modern metal casements with lead lights now fill these openings. The gabled porch has an outer archway with moulded jambs and inposts, topped with a round head featuring strapwork ornament. Above this is a band of strapwork, the date of 1616, a cornice, and a lozenge-shaped panel displaying a shield of arms of the Gerrard family. The inner doorway has moulded jambs and a depressed-arch head, dating back to the 17th century. The original plank-and-muntin door, studded and with a 20th-century renewal, leads inside. The west front has two small gabled wings, three storeys high and dating to the 17th century, with mullion windows; the north wing has four-light transomed mullions, while the south staircase wing has two- and three-light mullions, the topmost being pedimented. A 20th-century wall joins these wings. Plinth mouldings and string courses run above the first-floor windows. The attached service range, located at the south end, is constructed of similar materials and has a stone stack on its gable end. This wing is two storeys high with three windows featuring stone mullions and modern metal casements with lead lights. The doorway, situated left of centre, has moulded jambs and a depressed-arch head from the 17th century, and a 20th-century plank door with studded strap hinges. The pigeon-house, attached to the southeast corner of the service range, has rubble stone walls and a gabled Roman-tile roof. A north-facing elevation features a two-light stone mullion window and a door with moulded jambs and a depressed-arch head, leading to a plank door with studded strap hinges. A flight of 10 Blue Lias stone steps leads to a studded plank door at first-floor level on the east wall. Internally, the entrance hall features a 17th-century fireplace with moulded jambs and a four-centred arch in a square head, as well as 17th-century doorways. The writing room in one of the west wings contains a 17th-century fireplace and some reused panelling. A 20th-century wing incorporates a reset 17th-century fireplace with moulded jambs, a depressed arch, a square head, and a band of conventional carving above.