Wardle House

Wardle House is a prebendal house for a residentiary canon of Gloucester Cathedral, now serving as a public school house as part of the King's School. It was built between 1677 and 1686, with alterations in the 18th century and further remodeling and extension around 1800. The building is constructed of rendered brick and rubble, topped with a slate roof and featuring brick stacks.

The plan consists of a double-depth block situated against the east side of the remains of the medieval wall that once separated the monks' cemetery from the lay cemetery within the precinct of St Peter's Abbey. The entrance front is located on the north side and includes a large semicircular bow to the left, while the garden front is on the east side. The exterior has two storeys and an attic, with the entrance front displaying four bays and a large projecting bow. On the ground floor, in the third bay from the right, there is a late 19th-century gabled, timber-framed entrance porch with side-lights, which leads to an entrance doorway from around 1800, framed by fluted pilasters with leaf capitals and an entablature.

Inside, the central hall features stone paving arranged in a diaper pattern with slate inserts at the corners of the slabs. There is an impressive mid-17th-century open well staircase with a pulvinated, closed string, square newels topped with carved urns, pierced drops, twisted balusters, and a handgrip handrail. Both the first and second floor landings are adorned with three suspended arches from around 1800, which have drops and carved spandrels. The room to the left has been refitted in the early 19th century and includes a 19th-century slate chimney piece, while other rooms feature 18th-century arched panelling.

Historically, in the 19th century, the house was home to Mary Anne Lewis (Evans), who later became the Countess of Beaconsfield as the wife of Benjamin Disraeli.