Rodborough Fort

Rodborough Fort is a detached house, primarily built in 1870, with extensive restoration in the mid-20th century. The structure features random rock-faced rubble limestone, artificial stone, and ashlar dressings. It is two storeys high with a four-storey tower on the southwest side and two rear wings. The building has two sets of curtain walls and various outbuildings to the southwest and northeast.

On the southwest side, the design is asymmetrical, highlighted by a central tower that has a Tudor arched doorway with a hoodmould and double plank doors. Each face of the tower features chamfered cross windows on both storeys, all with hoodmoulds. There are continuous dripmoulds on the tower and main block, and the upper part of the tower is rendered, topped with a machicolated and crenellated parapet. A circular stair turret at the east corner of the tower projects above the crenellated parapet. To the left of the tower, there are cross windows on the main block, while the right side has narrow transomed windows with iron casements, along with a crenellated parapet similar to that of the tower.

The northwest front is symmetrical with three windows, the central one being a canted two-storey bay. Flanking cross windows also feature continuous dripmoulds and a crenellated parapet. A small circular turret projects at the upper level of the north corner. The northeast side has been largely rebuilt in the mid-20th century using artificial stone, with three window fenestration consisting of 20th-century cross-windows and a crenellated parapet. The southeast side has two asymmetrical wings, with the left wing featuring a hipped roof set behind the parapet of the southwest elevation, while the right wing is part of the northeast-facing range. A portion of the curtain wall adjoins at the corner to the left.

Originally constructed as a folly for Captain Hawker in 1761, the house was enlarged in 1870 for Alexander Holcombe. It stands on a lofty eminence above Stroud town, making it a significant landscape feature.