Bafford House

CHARLTON KINGS

SO9620SW NEWCOURT ROAD 630-1/36/103 (South West side) 14/12/83 Bafford House

GV II

Villa, now residential home for the elderly. 1826 with later additions and alterations. Bath stone ashlar front on sandstone basement, concealed slate roof, end stacks with cornices. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement at right, with 3 bays, the outer bays break forward, with 5 first-floor windows arranged 1:3:1. Plinth. Full-height Ionic pilasters to outer bays, Tuscan to centre bay. Flight of renewed steps with original surrounds to central entrance porch with 2 pairs of Ionic columns, frieze, cornice and blocking course. Within a 6-fielded-panel door with overlight. Mainly 6/6 sashes, those to ground floor are taller, all in tooled architraves, those to ground floor have cornices, that to first-floor, centre an 8/8 sash has cornice on consoles. Pilasters to first bay of right return, blind openings. INTERIOR: lobby has 2 niches, double panelled doors with overlight with glazing bars, in panelled reveals. Main hall: fluted Tuscan pilasters with embellished cornices. Sweeping staircase has cast- and wrought-iron balusters; round-arched staircase window and 2 niches. 6-panel doors have fielded-panel reveals, tooled architraves and cornices. Lounge: (now divided) cornice and ceiling frieze with honeysuckle and scroll motifs; moulded pelmets. Shutters. Some false ceilings reputed to cover original cornices. (The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 121; Paget M (ed), Charlton Kings Local History Society: A History of Charlton Kings: Gloucester: 1988-: 73).

Listing NGR: SO9621520229