Belvedere House

SO 8802-8902 CHALFORD LONDON ROAD (off south side)

13/75 Belvedere House

28.6.60

II

Former mill owner's house, in process of conversion to flats at time of survey (September 1986). Early C18, enlarged and remodelled c1789. Ashlar and coursed rubble limestone; rebuilt ashlar chimneys; artificial slate roof. Double pile plan; 3- storey with attic. East front: 5-window fenestration 12-pane sashes to ground and middle floors, 9-pane to upper floor, all in plain openings. Central doorway with round arched opening; Ionic portico porch with dated tympanum. String course at head-level of ground floor windows. Moulded modillion cornice with plain parapet. Rebuilt hipped roof with two C20 flush rooflights. West front: largely as east but with C20 altered doorway with keyed round arched opening and cornice. North side: central break-line in masonry with blocked earlier 2-window fenestration to left - recorded as being cross-windows. Two doorways with stone lintels. Further range of windows to right. Parapet-mounted chimney to each side. Interior completely altered during current work. (N.M. Herbert, 'Bisley' in V.C.H. Glos. xi, 1976, pp 4-40)

Listing NGR: SO8903402424