The Lammas

The Lammas is a large detached house, largely rebuilt in the 18th century for William Cockin, the rector of Minchinhampton. It may incorporate a rear wing from an earlier house. The front and sides are built of ashlar limestone, while the rear is of coursed rubble. The chimneys are of ashlar and the roof is covered in stone slates. The house is two storeys high, with a long rear wing, and has a double-pile plan.

The symmetrical front elevation has a seven-window arrangement. All windows are 12-pane sashes in plain openings. A central two-storey bow features three sashes to the upper floor, above a circular porch with attached and two detached Doric columns. A round arched doorway leads to a 20th-century panelled door, with a round arched recess between the attached columns. A plain upper floor level band is present and a moulded cornice finishes with a blocking course. The roof is hipped, in a U-plan, with four ridge chimneys.

The east side has a two-window fenestration to the main range, mirroring the front. The wing has five 8-pane sashes to the upper floor, with a sill band. The ground floor fenestration is mixed, including two later 19th-century two-light casements with arched heads. A plain cornice band and blocking course are present, along with a mid-19th-century eaves chimney with an octagonal shaft and a tapering cap.

The rear of the house has a tall round arched stair sash. The lower wing to the right has mixed fenestration. The principal wing features round arched ground floor and lunette upper floor openings, some of which are blocked, while others contain various windows.

Inside, the principal rooms have reeded doorcase architraves. The plaster cornices have reeding and leaf bands. One room features a classical fireplace with attached Ionic columns. The hall has plasterwork decoration in round arched recesses above the doorcases and a three-centred dividing archway. An open well staircase has cantilevered stone treads and a plain balustrade. The Lammas shares stylistic similarities with Atcombe Court (Woodchester CP) and Barton End Hall (Horsley CP) and may have been designed by the same person.

The house is situated in a finely landscaped position at the head of the valley running south from Minchinhampton town. A barn to the north and stables beyond are also of historical interest.