Forwood Grange

SO 8600-8700 MINCHINHAMPTON FORWOOD

19/239 Forwood Grange

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Detached house. Late C17, rebuilt and enlarged mid C18; early Cl9 alterations. Roughcast rendered; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Three storey with rear outshut and outbuildings. East front: mostly resulting from mid C18, four-window fenestration, all with moulded stone architraves, keystones and bull-nosed sills; 2 windows with plain openings to ground floor. Variety of C19 casements, many with marginal glazing bars in Regency style. Central doorway with Gibbs surround, partly obscured by C19 three- bay openwork lattice verandah with Greek key fret pattern; glazed Cl9 door with coloured glass margins. Central round arched niche above with triple keystone to moulded architrave, imposts and bracketed sill. Moulded parapet cornice forming low-pitched central pediment with keyed oculus; blocking course above. Gable end chimneys with moulded caps. Outshut to rear with catslide roof, later infill linking with outbuildings. C20 porch addition at north end. Interior not inspected but said to be Regency with reeded doorcases and fireplaces. Dining room recorded as having good contemporary cornices, windows having coloured glass paterae. (N.M. Herbert, 'Minchinhampton' in V.C.H. Glos. xi, 1976, pp 184- 207; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO8680300357