Raglan House

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.