Sturford Mead

Sturford Mead is a detached house dating to approximately 1820, built for a Mr. Fussell. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a Welsh slate hipped roof and stone stacks topped with moulded cappings. The house is two storeys and has a five-window front, with the central bay projecting forward. A central portico features four fluted columns supporting a low pediment, and contains a five-panel door with margin-pane sidelights and a transom light. There are two 15-pane sashes on either side of the entrance. A plat band runs along the first floor, above which are five 12-pane sashes. Deep eaves are supported by brackets. The left return includes a single-storey bow with 15-pane sashes and French windows, and a later 19th-century square bay with rounded corners and French windows to the left. The first floor of the left return has sashes, and lead rainwater goods are present. The rear of the house has 15-pane sashes at ground floor level and 12-pane sashes above. A rear wing, believed to be from the early 20th century, is in a similar style but has casement windows facing the garden. To the right of the main front is an attached rubble stone service wing, featuring sashes. Inside, the entrance hall has a segmental archway with a fanlight, leading to a stairhall. An open-well stone staircase has a cast-iron balustrade and a moulded, wreathed handrail; the design is comparable to the staircase at Corsley House. The stairhall is top-lit. The main rooms contain marble fireplaces, some of which were likely reset during the occupancy of Lord Bath in the 1950s. Four-panelled doors are fitted within moulded architraves, adorned with rosettes. It is likely that the same architect was responsible for the design of this house and the rebuilding of Corsley House.