Miserden House

Miserden House is a large detached house, largely of the mid-18th century, with significant additions and alterations dated 1810, 1863, and around 1928. The house is constructed of ashlar, coursed and random rubble limestone, with ashlar chimneys and a stone slate roof. It is two storeys with an attic, and includes two-storey additions to each end.

The front of the house has a five-window fenestration to the central, ashlar-fronted section. The windows are sash windows without glazing bars, set within plain keyed architraves. A flat-roofed, single-storey porch with a matching opening to the doorway and small side windows sits centrally. Decorative features include a plain upper floor level band, a moulded cornice, and a plain parapet. Three hipped roof dormers are visible. Chimneys with moulded caps are situated at the ends of the main roof ridge. A gabled wing projects forward to the left, featuring a 12-pane sash window on the upper floor; the southwest side has a parapet. A long two-storey range extends to the right. The first part of this range bears a datestone reading ‘J.R. RESTORED 1863’ and has two gables with barge boards. It contains 19th-century mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. A hipped roof dormer is located between the gables, and two further dormers are present on the pre-18th century section at the right end, where the casements have been replaced in the 20th century.

On the rear elevation, part of the original elevation remains unaltered, with three upper floor 12-pane sashes set in plain keyed surrounds; a leaded casement is below a doorway with a stone lintel dated ‘J M 1810.’ A cross-gabled addition from around 1928 projects forward to the left and includes timber-framed windows with leaded iron casements and an off-centre projecting chimney stack. A tall parapet to the wing projecting forward to the right features leaded timber casement fenestration and is likely a mid-19th century addition. The north-east end has a hipped roof to a cross wing, with two 16-pane upper floor sashes and casements below.

Inside, the front room retains original fielded panelling and a Regency fireplace flanked by fluted, full-height Doric pilasters. Oval arched alcoves are positioned either side of the fireplace. The cornice has a fretwork decorative band. In the main room of the 1928 wing, a decorative plaster frieze by Norman Jewson depicts Cotswold animals, a treatment continued on the plastered beams; a simply moulded stone fireplace is also present. There is a stable nearby.