Lotus, formerly Cotsmoor

A house, in Cotswold Arts and Crafts style, dating from c.1920, by the architect Thomas Falconer (1879-1934).

MATERIALS: local oolitic limestone, with clay tile roofs, ashlar dressings and stone stacks.

PLAN: an irregular rectangle on plan, with two rear attached wings, and attached to a garage range to the east.

EXTERIOR: the principal elevation is of two storeys plus attic, under a steeply pitched roof with two stone stacks, two dormer windows to the left, and curved eaves. The central and left bays have bay windows to the ground floor and tripartite windows above. The right bay has two sets of two-light windows, spaced apart, below a first-floor tripartite window. The main entrance is in the east flank wall with an oak projecting porch under a pitched tile roof. The oak front door is iron-studded. The rear wings are single-storey plus attic with dormer windows in the roof slopes, stone stacks and curved eaves. There tripartite windows to the ground floor. The windows to the building have stone mullions and leaded panes. The eaves are supported by stone corbels and the elevations have ashlar quoins.

INTERIOR: as the building has not been inspected, it is not possible to make a detailed description of the interior. However, photographs and descriptions included within the recent particulars (2013) show large-section chamfered oak beams with bar stops and original oak fittings including a main stair, doors, skirting boards, herringbone floors, window seats, and a built-in cupboard. In addition, there are Cotswold-stone chimneypieces in the principal ground floor rooms and some bedrooms, and decorative ceiling plasterwork in the principal rooms.

THE GARAGE: a single-storey stone-built structure, the rear of which has been converted to provide accommodation. It is linked with the main house via a covered courtyard.