Former stable block to north-east of Matson House

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SO81NW 844-1/3/471

GLOUCESTER, Matson MATSON LANE (East side), Former stable block to north-east of Matson House

(Formerly listed as Former stable block to north-east of Selwyn School)

GV II

Servants' cottages in the former stable yard of Matson House, later used as a school building in the grounds of Selwyn School. Late C18, for George Augustus Selwyn. Dressed stone in courses and brick, gabled tile and stone slate roof, brick stack. An L-plan, with the long east range formerly the stables and the short north range formerly two cottages, enclosing the north corner of the service yard at rear of Matson House.

EXTERIOR: both ranges of two storeys; the fronts facing the court of stone in late C16 style, probably with reused C16 features from the demolished house; moulded string course at parapet level and coped parapet. At the north end of the east range a large carriageway entry with segmental arch, to right of archway on the ground floor a doorway with Tudor arched head and eared hoodmould and 2 two-light stone-framed and mullioned casements with hoodmoulds, on the first floor 3 similar casements. On the front of the north range, the cottage to right on the ground floor, has a doorway with Tudor-arched head and hoodmould to right, a two-light, stone-framed, mullioned casement to left and on the first floor two similar casements; the cottage to left has a similar elevation but with the doorway and window on the ground floor raised to a higher level and first-floor windows blind; the gable-end wall of the range in brick with the gable rebuilt in brick with late C20 window.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

HISTORY: the building incorporates material from the former manor house of the Robins family in Matson purchased by Selwyn from the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral in 1766 and demolished.

Listing NGR: SO8482015508