Pewsham House

ST 97 SW CALNE WITHOUT OLD DERRY HILL, Pewsham (south side)

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Country house, 1892, by C.E. Ponting for W.L. Lysley. Cattybrook red brick and Ham Hill stone dressings, plain tile hipped and gabled roofs and prominent moulded brick stacks. Two storeys and attic, mixed C17 detail with ovolo-moulded mullion windows. Asymmetric entrance front with hipped roof, large east stack and projecting gable to right with off-centre ashlar 2-storey porch bay. Main gable has attic 5-light and large 5 x 3-light mullion- and-transom leaded stair light to right of porch. Porch has shaped gable, narrow upper 4-light and ornate entry with Ionic pilasters, segmental arch, keystone and shell pediment. Bolection-moulded inner doorcase. To left, paired pedimented 4- light timber dormers, 2, 3 and 2-light upper windows and 2-light ground floor windows each side of large canted 1-3-1-light mullion- and-transom canted bay. Paired gabled service range to left. To right, wing gabled to west with north moulded stack. Moulded ashlar string continues around whole building. South front is near-symmetrical with gables each side of centre, left gable differently fenestrated to right. Centre 2-4-2-light timber dormer with segmental pediment, mullion windows to first floor and large off-centre 2-5-2-light mullioned and transomed canted bay. Service wing to right has paired gables and further gable-ended range to right. West end has large shaped gable at end of north front with off-centre 2-storey bay. Interior generally in mid to later C17 style with open well stair. Stained glass Lysley arms and monogram in stair windows. Design exhibited Royal Academy 1892. Illustrated Builder, 18.6 and 23.7.1892. Original drawings in the house.

Listing NGR: ST9481870853