Roundway House

Roundway House is a late 18th-century stable court, originally part of the demolished Roundway Park, likely designed by James Wyatt. It is situated in Roundway Park and forms two sides of the original stable court. The building is constructed of ashlar with slate roofs and has an L-shaped plan. It features a plinth, string course, moulded cornice, and parapet.

The left range has been altered for conversion into a house, with a 2:5:2 window range, the centre slightly projecting. The sides have six-pane upper windows over twelve-pane lower windows. The first floor features an oval light, flanked by six-pane windows; the oval lights are 20th century. Ground floor openings include large blank arches framing 20th-century twelve-pane sashes, with oval plaques above, and a 20th-century open pedimented doorcase replacing a previous blank arch and arched doorway. Further 20th-century eight-pane sashes are located on each side.

The long entrance range comprises five bays, three bays, and five bays, with wings featuring six-pane upper windows and twelve-pane ground floor windows. Each wing has a six-panel door with an overlight in the end bays. The central piece is in the form of a triumphal arch, with a high central carriage arch and slightly projecting side bays containing arched-headed double doors. The design includes a string course, six-pane upper windows, blind balustrading to the side bays, and a raised attic with a pediment over a round clock. Panelled piers are present on each side.

The rear of the entrance range is similar, but with mostly blind openings alternating arched and rectangular panels on the ground floor, and circular and square panels above. The end bays of the wings project slightly.

Roundway Park was built between 1777 and 1783 for J. Sutton by James Wyatt, and subsequently altered between 1841 and 1842 by T. Finden for E.F. Colston. The Colston family held the estate, becoming Lords Roundway, until approximately 1948. The main house was demolished in 1955.