Cotswold Park

Cotswold Park, formerly Cotswold House, is a large house built around 1780 by Samuel Walbank, a London wine merchant. It was extended around 1795 and in the late 19th century. The house is constructed of squared and dressed limestone with an ashlar facade, and has a slate roof with ashlar stacks. The main rectangular block is complemented by a semi-octagonal bay at the north gable end and a 19th-century range at right angles to the rear and on the south side. The main body of the house is three storeys high, while the 19th-century extension is two storeys high. The front facade has a four-window arrangement. The ground floor features tall two-pane sash windows with horns; the first floor has four similar sashes; and the upper floor has six-pane sashes. All windows have plain architraves and keystones, with bands highlighting the octagonal bay. A central flat-roofed porch has 20th-century double doors and freestanding columns. A canted bay at the north gable has windows of similar dimensions to the facade, although these are mostly blind. A 19th-century service wing at the rear has windows with 12 and 8 panes, horns, and dressed stone architraves, along with bull's eye windows within dressed stone architraves. The service wing also has two 2-light slate-hung roof dormers. The main body has a hipped roof with lateral stacks, while the 19th-century service wing has a gable-end stack. The interior has not been inspected.