Abnash House And Retaining Wall

SO 8803-8903 CHALFORD ABNASH, Chalford Hill (south-west side)

10/2 Abnash House and retaining wall 28.6.60 II

Detached house and high retaining wall. Early-mid C17; altered mid-late C18. Random and coursed rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Three-storey with single-storey rear wing. North west front: earliest part to right, originally with 2 full gables, infilled in C18 addition of upper storey. Three- window fenestration to earliest part, 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements to ground and middle floors, central upper floor 2-light, all below continuous dripmoulds. Two-light with hoodmould in each former gable with larger 2-light set in between. Central doorway with C20 door and gabled porch addition. Addition to left also formerly with full gable, single 3-light to each floor, ground floor window altered to doorway. Three ridge-mounted chimneys with moulded tops. Gable ends each have 2 oval windows and indications of original roof-line. Rear: fenestration and additional storey as to front, several mullioned windows replaced in C20. Small single-storey service wing. High retaining wall adjoins building at north east end, 2 large raking buttresses supporting high-level roadway. Interior: small Jacobean open-well staircase with turned balusters. Moulded fireplaces at south-west end. One very large fireplace with pointed stone lintel has shell hddd niche adjacent. (M.A. Rudd, Historical Records of Bisley with Lypiatt, 1937)

Listing NGR: SO8932403167