Rounceval House And Boundary Walls To Road

Rounceval House, located at No 64 on Rounceval Street in Sodbury, is a mid-18th century building constructed from coursed rubble featuring alternating bands of pennant sandstone and limestone. It has a gabled M-shaped slate roof with Bathstone ridge tiles and ashlar and rubble end stacks. The house has a double-depth plan with 19th and 20th century additions on the left side. The front range consists of two storeys and an attic, while the rear range has three storeys.

The exterior includes a three-light bay window on the outer side, a central Venetian window with a keystone on the first floor, and plain stone surrounds. There are three dormers with casement windows in the attic. A stone Tuscan portico with a pulvinated frieze and pediment is flanked by sash windows, and there is a moulded door surround with a six-panelled door. The building features chamfered quoins, with the central portion projecting slightly and adorned with quoins and a pediment. A stone cornice and parapet, pierced as a balustrade, are present over the bays.

On either side of the house, there are coursed rubble garden walls with coped swan-necks at the gate openings, flanked by piers topped with stone caps and balls, although the ball on the right-hand pier is missing. The building has lead with stone guttering and down-pipes. The rear range, dating from the early 19th century, has three storeys and three bays, with a central doorway featuring a portico supported by two Tuscan columns. The ground floor has semi-circular bays with glazing bar sashes, some retaining original glass. The first floor includes a central semi-circular arch window with a glazing bar sash, while other windows on the first and second floors are sashes set in dressed surrounds with segmental heads and emphasized keys. There is a two-storey hipped addition on the right, which has a six-panelled door with a flat stone hood above (removed at the time of the survey) and a sash window with a segmental head on the first floor. A further 20th-century extension is located to the right.

Inside, the house features a decorative acanthus-leaf frieze in the ground-floor rooms, a marble surround to an early 19th-century fireplace with an original frieze firegate, and a dowelled oak floor in the dining room. A fine oak staircase from the 19th century with turned balusters leads to the rear lobby. Most of the original panelled doors and frames are intact throughout the building.