Tredington Court And Attached Walls

Tredington Court is a large, detached house dating to the 17th and 19th centuries, situated in Stoke Orchard Tredington. The house is constructed of square-panelled timber framing with painted brick infill and brick, topped with a stone slate roof to the main body, although some sections are in the process of being replaced with red tiles. A later 19th-century extension to the rear has an artificial stone slate roof. The original layout was probably ‘H’-shaped, with a short 19th-century extension in the centre of the rear and a longer rectangular extension to the rear right.

The facade is almost symmetrical, with gables projecting forward on the left and right. The ground floor timber framing of the left-hand gable is now encased in brick, with a 20th-century imitation sash window. Two 12-pane sashes are present on the right-hand gable at ground floor level. First-floor windows on both gables are also 2-light sashes, set within wide frames. The central portion between the gables features two-light casements, probably from the early 19th century, with moulded transoms and early rectangular leaded panes in blind, cambered-arched surrounds. An attic window is located in the right-hand gable. A central 19th-century part-glazed door is set back within a 20th-century gabled porch with a 20th-century part-glazed door in an aluminium frame, all within a ‘Tudor’-arched surround with a hood. A Surman family crest is displayed on the gable. The left-hand return frontage has 12-pane sashes to the ground floor, one dating from the early to mid-18th century with wide glazing bars, alongside a 20th-century part-glazed door. Metal cross windows with leaded panes, mirroring those on the front, are found on the first floor. The right-hand return features a brick gable end and a five-light oriel window to the rear of the left-hand gable. Twin diagonally-set stacks rise from a fireplace in the back wall of the central hallway, alongside off-the-ridge and axial stacks.

Attached 19th-century brick walls run forward from the corners of the entrance front, each with segmental-headed archways leading to the garden. A pier at the end of the right-hand wall is constructed of a mix of ashlar and brick, capped with moulded limestone and topped with a ball finial. A similar brick pier exists on the left-hand wall, extending approximately 30 metres along the roadside.

Inside, there is 17th-century panelling to dado height, some of which may have been reused and features a lozenge motif. A late 17th and early 18th century bolection molded fireplace features a highly ornate carved, reused 18th-century panel with a winged angel’s head above the mantelpiece. A 17th-century dogleg staircase with barley-twist balusters and ball finials rises from the rear of the entrance hall; a second, later back staircase has turned balusters and a dog gate. Early ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned windows with early diamond leaded panes are partially obscured by a later rear extension. The house was formerly known as Hall Place and is strongly associated with the Surman family.