Great Rissington Hill

GREAT RISSINGTON GREAT RISSINGTON HILL SP 1917-2017 9/174 Great Rissington Hill GV II Large detached house. Mid C19, extended late C19-early C20. Coursed squared and dressed limestone with dressed stone quoins. Stone slate roof with ashlar stacks. Complex plan with a rectangular main body extended back at rear left and for a short distance to the left. Two storeys and attic with 2-light hipped dormers. Twin-gabled entrance front lit by 2, 3 and 4-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements. The 4-light casements to the ground floor with king mullions. Central 12-panelled door set back within a flat-chamfered 'Tudor'-arched surround. Entrance to porch also comprises a wide 'Tudor'-arched surround with a stopped hood and a relieving arch. Two-storey stone-mullioned canted bay window to the left-hand return. Two-storey water tower with entrance to the house at ground floor level, at the point where the main body returns left. Late C19-early C20 wing with a forward facing gable runs away to the left. Two-storey canted bay to the forward facing gable with stone-mullioned casements with transoms. All casements with glazing bars. Axial and lateral stacks, some twin, some triple, all with moulded cappings and flat- chamfered skirtings. Ball finials to the gables. Lead drainpipes with twisted cable decoration. Rose decoration to the rainwater heads and gutters. (V.C.H., Vol VI, p 99)

Listing NGR: SP2006817684