Gawcombe House

WESTCOTE - SP 22 SW 2/248 Gawcombe House GV II Large house. Late C17, early C18 and mid C19. Coursed squared and dressed limestone. Stone slate and concrete tile roofing with ashlar stacks. C20 extensions not of special interest. 'L'-shaped plan to the C17 range with C18 range set parallel to one side. C19 service wing at right angles to the right-hand return of the other wing. Mid C19 extension to the rear of the latter. C17 range; 2 storeys and attic: 3-light, double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement to the ground floor, ground floor otherwise obscured by C20 extensions. Similar 2 and 3-light stone-mullioned casements to the first floor. C18 range; 3 storeys with a twin-gabled garden front. Two French doors to the ground floor. Former sash windows to the first and second floors replaced by C20 aluminium sashes without glazing bars. Windows and doors within dressed stone surrounds. C19 range; 1 1/2 storeys with 5-light canted bay with stone mullions and transoms to the ground floor of the garden front. Stone cross window acting as a half dormer immediately above with 2-light stone-mullioned casement to the right. Stone- mullioned cross-windows to the left gable end. Single-storey, C19 entrance porch extension to the rear of the latter with a canted front and a C19 plank door with fillets, flanked by plain pilasters. Single-light and 2-light stone mullioned casements in the side walls. Flat coped gables. Gable-end and lateral stacks. (V.C.H., Glos. p173)

Listing NGR: SP2109821337