Bridgend House

Bridgend House is a former large detached house, now divided into three separate residences. It was originally built in the Western 1691, with substantial alterations made in the mid- to late 18th century, followed by a mid- to late 19th-century service wing and yard. The house is constructed of random rubble limestone, roughcast rendered in places, with red brick dressings, ashlar chimneys, and stone slate and concrete plain tile roofs.

The house is two storeys with an attic, arranged in a T-plan with a single-storey service courtyard. The west front presents a symmetrical facade with two gables and a nine-window sash arrangement. The sashes are mostly 12-pane, with plain architraves. The outer two sashes are 18th-century additions, featuring moulded stone parapets, alternating chamfered stone quoins, and a plain upper-floor brick band with brickwork below. The gables contain two-light chamfered mullioned attic casements with hoodmoulds, and lozenge-decorated oval windows in the apex. A central doorway, now blocked, was originally framed by a moulded architrave. A ridge-mounted ashlar chimney with a moulded cap is a prominent feature. A late 19th-century brick service wing is attached to the left side.

The south side includes a projecting end of an 18th-century addition that extends forward from the left gable, supported by stone Tuscan columns and iron posts, with an attached screen wall further extending the front. A single 12-pane sash window is positioned on the upper floor. A ground-floor sash is located to the right of the 18th-century addition, above which is a two-light mullioned casement and a blocked two-light attic window, all with hoodmoulds. Single-window fenestration is present on the east-facing gable; a blocked sash opening is at ground floor, a two-light casement is at upper floor, and a blocked two-light window with an oval above displaying the initials “W C” is set in the gable. A further upper floor two-light window is present to the right, with a late 18th-century doorway below.

The south side of the east wing features two attic gables: the left gable has two-light mullioned casements and an oval dated 1691; the right gable is smaller, with a two-light recessed cavetto mullioned attic casement, an oval above, a sash on the upper floor, and two casements below with mullions removed. The east end is gabled, featuring a four-light casement with a hoodmould to the ground floor above which a 12-pane sash is located, and a two-light casement to the attic. A service courtyard adjoins the right side. The north side has two gables, the left of which has a rebuilt chimney shaft. Sashes with thick glazing bars are located to the right, alongside a two-light chamfered mullioned casement to the ground floor.

The interior retains a large quantity of fielded panelling throughout, with shutters to the sashes. The original timber spiral stair was removed to Painswick. An extended collar roof construction is also present. The house was built for William Clutterbuck, a member of a notable clothier's family.