Waterlane House

SO 9204-9304 BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT WATERLANE

16/130 Waterlane House

1.11.73

II*

Large detached house. Part C17, extensively rebuilt and extended 1845 by Thomas Baker. Alterations and additions 1907-8 by Ernest Gimson for F.F. McMeekan. Coursed and random rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-storey block; east end and attics added; single-storey outbuilding range to west. South front: 3-window fenestration to C19 front to left, all timber cross-windows with leaded casements. Central doorway with 6-panel door, ironwork porch dated 1845. Two full gables added to this elevation by Gimson, attic casements lining-through with those below. C20 extension of house to right includes gabled 2-storey porch, doorway having double plank doors and deep stone lintel; 3- light stone-mullioned casement above. Angled ground floor window to left. Full gable to elevation further right; 2 ground floor stone mullioned cross windows, single upper floor timber cross window and attic casement on centre-line of gable. Two ridge- mounted chimneys at gable ends of C19 house. Rear wing at east end of house has chimney inscribed 'MCM 1908'. Rear: gabled addition to rear of C19 structure has mullioned and transomed ground floor casement; 3-light above. Casements with timber lintels to remainder of rear elevation. West end: 2-storey projection with hipped roof and chimney dated 1845 appears remodelling of C17 house, L-plan outbuilding with pigeon-holes in south gable being contemporary. Interior: Regency style doorcases and fireplaces in C19 part, staircase having stick balusters and scrolled landing fascia. Open-well timber staircase in hall to rear of C20 addition is a fine example of Cotswold craftmanship with chamfered square balustrade framing having plank panels, so unusual as to be certainly Gimson's own work. Wide boarded floors, plank doors (all with Bucknell ironmongery) and beamed ceilings are all typical of Gimson's interior work. Simple stone fireplaces with plain mantelshelfs having large chamfered openings. An important example of Gimson's architectural work with virtually all the Arts and Crafts fittings still in place. (N.M. Herbert, 'Bisley' in V.C.H. Glos. xi, 1976, pp 4-40; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO9231704938