Dove House

SO 71 SW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN RODLEY

11/10003 Dove House

II House. Built 1766-77. Flemish bond brick to front and sides with stucco quoins; rear outshot has copper slag blocks to walls; 1980s extension to rear of lias and Coleford brick; hipped Welsh slate roof with end stacks. Double-depth plan including rear outshot; rear and left-hand extensions of 1981 and 1989. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window facade with bracketed eaves and pedimented centre with device in tympanum of shell with hawk. Late C19 half-glazed door set beneath bracketed segment pediment, restored 1980s. Flat arches with voussoirs and keystones over late C19 2/2-pane sashes in deepened openings flanking door and over 18th century Gothic-style 2-light casements to first floor which have switch tracery and iron opening lights; semi-circular-arched 2-light casement, with leaded panes above transom, above door. Interior: C18 joinery details including panelled doors and cupboards with moulded architraves; late C19 panelled shutters to ground floor and late C19 fireplace to ground-floor left. Mid C18 stair with turned balusters, possibly reset from its original position, with ramped handrail and carved monkey's head. Mid C18 collar truss roof with through purlins scarfed at principal rafters. The first floor windows have reset C15 glass, probably from Arlingham Church, which include King's head, Jack-in-the-Green mask and Crucifixion with the Instruments of the Passion. According to deeds in the possession of the owner, this house was built by 1777 when reference was made to the " new house". Although the device in the tympanum is clearly that of a hawk with its bells and jesses, the house has been called Dove House from the 1876 Morris's Directory. A curious example of the provincial craftsman's interpretation of mainstream classical styles, with some interesting features including the device, original casements and reset medieval glass.

Listing NGR: SO7463011523