Culver House

SO 8401-8501 MINCHINHAMPTON CULVER HILL (west side)

15/237 Culver House

28.6.60 II

Large detached house. Late C17, enlarged in same period; early- mid C18 alterations. Major remodelling c1875 by George Devey for Rev. Lord Charles Thynne. Random rubble limestone, partially roughcast rendered; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Two- storey with attic and cellar; L-plan extended to east. Outbuilding range to west enlarged and incorporated. West side: asymmetrical with off-centre 3-storey canted C19 bay window having mullioned fenestration and small roughcast gable. Large offset buttress to left and range of chamfered mullioned casements, 3- light to ground floor, 2-light above and 2-light in eaves-mounted gabled dormer. South side: full gable end of main range to left with 2-light chamfered mullioned casement to each floor, all with hoodmoulds. Large C19 canted bay window to right with mullioned and transomed windows and roughcast gable. Later addition to right has 2 mullioned ground floor casements grouped under hoodmould; 4-light casement above. C20 hipped dormer with leaded casement and tile-hung sides. Various gables to rear of east range, one to Cl9 stair projection with quatrefoil in gable. Large outshut to rear of west range. Flat-roofed hall addition in angle with angled doorway having moulded architraves and pediment. Interior: one double height room created in C19. Upper floor stone fireplace with pulvinated frieze and bolection moulding is early C18. (N. M. Herbert, 'Minchinhampton' in V.C.H. Glos. xi, 1976, pp. 184- 207; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO8440101413