Bledisloe is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. House. 10 related planning applications.
Bledisloe
- WRENN ID
- nether-sentry-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bledisloe, Coates, GL7 6NH
- OS grid reference
- SO 984 007
- Coordinates
- 51.70575, -2.02437
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century country house that was enlarged around 1919-1925. During this period, it was extensively rebuilt, incorporating elements from Hams Hall (previously located near Birmingham), with contributions from Ernest Barnsley. The house is ashlar-faced with hipped slate roofs, decorative ashlar stacks featuring moulded cornices, a moulded stone dentil course, and a parapet. It is a large range, mostly two stories tall, arranged in a rough U-shape.
The main front, facing southwest, has seven windows with 12-pane sashes in moulded stone frames. The central three windows are topped by a triangular pediment with a projecting cornice, framed by four attached giant Ionic columns on tall pedestals and bases. The ground floor has two 12-pane sashes on either side of this central feature, each with a moulded stone architrave, a pulvinated frieze, and a straight cornice. Above the ground-floor sashes are triangular pediments in place of the usual cornices. The front door consists of ten fielded panels, within a moulded stone architrave, reeded pulvinated frieze, and a triangular pediment. A deep platform with three steps leads up to the front door.
A secondary front, facing southeast, has large, two-story canted bays at each end, incorporating a cornice and blocking course below the main dentil cornice. There is a small 16-pane sash on each face of the bays on the first floor, and a large 12-pane sash on the ground floor. The central door is topped by a triangular pediment, a reeded frieze, and decorative flat consoles, flanked by 12-pane sashes.
The interior retains original fireplaces and a fine stick baluster staircase in the main hall.
Local climate
Bledisloe receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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