Rendcomb Manor

RENDCOMB - SP 01 SW 2/243 Rendcomb Manor 4.2.52

GV II

Large house, marked as Lodge Farm on the 6 inch O.S. map. Mid C17, extended early-mid C20. Limestone rubble with dressed stone quoins; stone slate roof with ashlar stacks. Original plan 'T'- shaped with a stairs projection on the north; rectangular early- mid C20 extension to the east now gives an 'H'-shape to the over all plan. Two storeys attic and cellar. South elevation: gables project left and right. Gable of C17 range now covered with incised render: 2-storey C19 three-light ashlar bow window: 20- pane sash to the ground floor flanked by segmental-headed 15-pane fixed casements; segmental-headed 2-light casements to the first floor; band between the floors; stone balustrade. Two, 3 and 4- light C20 hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned casements to the range between the two gables; single 2-light slate-hung roof dormer. Double C20 glazed door left within an original roll-moulded surround (restored at the top). Stone-mullioned casements to the gable of the C20 range. West elevation of the C17 range: upper part of 2-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement visible off-centre left. Ground floor from left to right: rectangular 6- light bay window with hexagonal and diamond leaded panes; double- width entrance to the right with a small 2-light casement inserted in the blocking; stone steps up to three C20 part-glazed doors with glazing bars; remnants of a continuous string over the ground floor windows. Two and 3-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements with stopped hoods to the first floor and attic (one with timber mullions). C20 range in Cotswold style with stone-mullioned windows. Gabled porch with reused early plank door with star- shaped studds on the east. Axial and projectng lateral stacks; flat coping and roll-moulded coping; moulded kneelers. Interior not inspected. (Photograph in illustrated Particulars and plans of Rendcomb, 1913, Glos. Colln RV 248.1 shows building prior to the addition of the C20 range)

Listing NGR: SP0147810391