Cotleigh House

COTLEIGH COTLEIGH ST 20 SW 11/9 Cotleigh House 22.2.55 GV II* House, former rectory. Probably late C18 or early C19. The main fronts are Bathstone ashlar, the rest is plastered stone rubble; stone rubble or brick stacks with Bathstone ashlar chimneyshafts; slate roof. Plan: square double depth plan house facing south. Basically there are principal front and service back rooms, the front rooms either side of the entrance hall which contains the main stair. The right front room is heated by an axial stack backing onto the entrance hall and the left front room has an end stack. The rear left room (probably the kitchen) also has an end stack and the rear right room has a rear lateral stack. 2 storeys with attics and cellars under the right (east) side. Good exterior: symmetrical 3-window front of 2-centred arch-headed windows with fluted keystones over. They contain original sash windows which have top tiers of Y-tracery glazing bars. The ground floor windows are taller than those on the first floor. The centre bay breaks very slightly forward and it contains the large front doorway in a round-headed arch with a surround of rusticated quoins and fluted keystone. It contains original double doors, side lights and a fanlight with an ornate pattern of radial glazing bars. There is now a C20 porch in front. Each end oF the front there is apilaster strip of chanelled rustication. There is a platband at first floor level, a moulded eaves cornice and parapet with soffit-moulded coping. The left (east) 4-window front is in similar style to the main front except that here the there are large 12-pane sashes with flat heads. The other sides are plastered and plainer although they have the pilaster strips and a moulded eaves cornice with a dentil frieze. Both have not quite symmetrical 3-window fronts of blind windows and 16-pane sashes and have 8-pane sashes to the attics. The rear central doorway contains an original 6-panel door under a contemporary flat hood on shaped timber brackets. Interior: was not available for inspection at the time of this survey although it is said to contain a good deal of original joinery and other detail including a large open well main stair with open string, stick balusters, mahogany handrail and curtail steps.

Listing NGR: ST2068702226