White Gables

MAISEMORE PERSH LANE SO 8021-8121 (east side) 8/78 White Gables GV II Former farmhouse, now house. C15, mid-late C16, altered late C18, mid C20. Brick-nogged timber-framing, brick gable, shingled roof. Two-bay block with single-bay wing forming 'L', each 1 1/2 storeys, one room deep. Facade to Persh Lane, base, gable crucks on left, long braces eaves to sill between, single mid rail. Eight-pane horizontal window left, added C20, 16-pane similar right, 2-light casement with small panes over. Roof slopes down to lower eaves on left return. To right added wing, 3-panel high framing, bottom close studded, upper 2 square, long braces end posts to sill, heavy centre post. Single-light window left of centre, half of original opening. End brick gable frames timber on right; ridge chimney on gable. Left return facing Main Road: framing 2 panels high; blocked door on right; 3-light casement with small panes; end section painted brickwork on left. Gable chimney on left, large, mid to late C20 gabled dormer, 4-light casement and bulls eye; roof hipped on right. Interior not accessible. Formerly thatched, with 2 further timber-framed bays on left of Main Road facade, demolished probably mid-late C20; large dormer replaced small, swept one (photograph at NMR; Picturesque Gloucestershire, 1928).

Listing NGR: SO8113021262