Lower Dean Manor

TURKDEAN LOWER TURKDEAN SP 11 NW 6/81 Lower Dean Manor (formerly listed as Lower Dean 23.1.52 Farmhouse) GV II* Former manor held by Llanthony Priory. Earliest part c1500, with C16-early C17 and C20 additions. Ashlar, stone slate roof with moulded cappings. Complex plan; early core comprises crenellated range with 'L'-shaped C16-early C17 range right, C20 extension at rear of the latter. Former C17 outbuilding (now converted) connected to main body via wall, left of early core. Garden front of early core; 2 storeys, 2 bays. Four-light ovolo-moulded stone- mullioned window with transom, to ground floor. Double ovolo- moulding to transom and surround of window. Two 2-light ovolo- moulded stone-mullioned casements with ovolo-moulded surrounds to first floor. Gable of C16-early C17 range projects forwards right; 2 storeys and attic. Four-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement with stopped hood to first floor, single light with flat- chamfered Tudor-arched surround and stopped hood lighting gable. Far right-hand bay stepped back slightly. Three-light ovolo- moulded stone-mullioned casement with stopped hood to first floor. Single double-chamfered light with stopped hood to first floor and to cellar below. Right-hand return lit by one, 2 and 3-light stone-mullioned casements some with 4-centred arched heads. C20 double plank door within C20 'Tudor'-arched surround off-centre left. Interior; fine Renaissance fireplace within early core with Tudor- arched surround and carved spandrels, flanked by coupled columns on pedestals with raised diamond decoration, overmantel with stepped mouldings. C16-early C17 range with intersecting deep-chamfered beams and Tudor-arched fireplace. Cellar beneath C16-C17 range with Tudor-arched entrance, C20 flat ceiling (probably originally vaulted). Cellar walls buttressed internally. (David Verey, The Buildings of England, The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SP1037217304