Summerwells House, Ten Bells House and Bemerton is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1960. House.
Summerwells House, Ten Bells House and Bemerton
- WRENN ID
- fading-minaret-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Summerwells House, Ten Bells House and Bemerton, Convent Lane, Woodchester
- OS grid reference
- SO 840 017
- Coordinates
- 51.71417, -2.23253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Summerwells House, Ten Bells House, and Bemerton is a former large mill owner's house that has been converted into three houses. It dates from the mid-17th century, with a large addition from 1698 and a mid-19th century coach house wing. The building is constructed of random and coursed rubble limestone, mostly roughcast or smooth rendered, with ashlar and brick chimneys and a stone slate roof.
The structure is two-storey with an attic, and the 1698 addition forms an L-shape. The south front features four gables, each with generally single-window fenestration, and cross windows on the ground and upper floors under continuous hoodmoulds. The attic has 2-light chamfered mullioned casements with hoodmoulds in the gables. To the left, there is a chamfered doorway leading to Summerwells House with a 4-panel door, while a 19th-century doorway with a coped top projects forward for Ten Bells House. A tall chimney with a moulded cap is located on the right gable, and there are mixed ashlar and brick ridge-mounted chimneys. A screen wall extends to the left, linking with Summerwells, which is not of special interest.
On the east side, there are two outer gables with single-window fenestration below and cross windows to the left. The centre features three-light ovolo moulded mullioned casements with hoodmoulds, linking to a ground floor with 3+3-light and an upper floor with 2+2-light, both also ovolo moulded. The attic gables have ovolo moulded 2-light casements with hoodmoulds.
The north side shows the gable end of the return wing (the earlier house) to the left, with a long gabled range of the addition set back to the right. This long range has three gables with continuous drip moulds above the ground and upper floor 2-light chamfered mullioned casements, as well as 2-light casements in the attic gables. The central gable features a rectangular datestone that reads 'I E K / 1698'. To the right, a 19th-century stable and coach house projects forward, featuring iron casements and deep stone lintels. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
Summerwells House, Ten Bells House and Bemerton receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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