Raglan House is a Grade II* listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1952. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.
Raglan House
- WRENN ID
- noble-merlon-mist
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Raglan House, 56, Long Street, Dursley, GL11 4JB
- OS grid reference
- ST 758 982
- Coordinates
- 51.68221, -2.35134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Raglan House is a large town house situated within a row, and now used partly as offices. The main block dates from the early to mid-18th century, with a later 18th-century extension to the rear. The front is faced with limestone ashlar, now painted, while the rear wing is of rendered random rubble, with a brick chimney. The roof is likely lead, though inaccessible for inspection, and the rear wing has clay pantiles.
The house has three storeys to the front, and two storeys to the rear wing. The front has a symmetrical five-window facade with 18-pane sash windows, featuring thick glazing bars, moulded architraves, and aprons with fielded panels. The central doorway has a moulded architrave and an eight-panel fielded door, sheltered by a projecting shell hood supported by detached Doric columns. The central window on the first floor has flanking Ionic pilasters and a pediment, while the window above has Corinthian pilasters. A moulded cornice above the first-floor window is brought forward and supports a central fielded panel flanked by scrolls with segmental pediments. A parapet, formerly balustraded but now missing, stands above this, with a single attached baluster remaining on each side of the central feature. Quoin strips mark the front corners, interrupted by moulded string courses at floor levels.
The rear wing has two tall 12-pane sash windows on each upper floor, with moulded architraves, and a single sash window to the ground floor. A plain band runs along the floor level. The rear wing features 20th-century casement windows on the north-east side, and blocked windows with timber lintels on the north-west side.
The interior has been altered, but retains some original panelling and a complete original staircase with barley-sugar balusters and scroll brackets to open strings. The house was the home of Mikael Pedersen, the Dursley bicycle designer, between 1897 and 1918. Raglan House is considered the most significant town house on Long Street, being similar in style to No. 11 Woodmancote, though larger.
Local climate
Raglan House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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