Box House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Box House
- WRENN ID
- floating-soffit-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1988
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 89 NE MINCHINHAMPTON BOX
7/204 Box House
II
Detached house. Mid-late c17, enlarged mid-late C18. Remodelled with new west front range c1800 for Peter Playne. Altered 1904 by V.A. Lawson for A.J. Playne. Coursed, squared and random rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-storey; 2 parallel ranges incorporating central staircase hall. West front: 3-window fenestration, 15-pane sashes to ground floor, 12-pane to upper floor, all with marginal glazing bars. Central doorway with upper floor tripartite sash above. Partially glazed lean-to verandah to ground floor added in 1904, Tuscan timber pilasters to 9 bays, central pediment and entablature with dentil enriched cornice. Hipped roof, ridge-mounted chimneys having moulded caps. Part of rear range projects beyond north end to left, 3-window fenestration, all 12-pane sashes. Garage doors inserted in north end, ground floor altered. South end: 2-window fenestration, sashes as to front. Rear: gabled C17 house at centre of rear range, much altered when incorporated in c1800 alterations. Interior: fine curved open-well staircase with iron balustrade, stair hall with top lighting. c1800 gateway to north. (N.M. Herbert, 'Minchinhampton' in V.C.H. Glos xi, 1976, pp 184- 207)
Listing NGR: ST8626899892
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