Roel Farmhouse

HAWLING ROEL SP 02 SE 9/35 Roel Farmhouse (formerly listed as part of 4.7.60 Roel Farmhouse with Farm Buildings) GV II Farmhouse. Medieval, C17, C18, C19. Squared, coursed stone; ashlar to garden front; random rubble stone to some extensions; stone slate roof. 'L' plan, long 4-window main block, 2 1/2 storeys, extended to one end 2-bays, 2-storey wing at right angles left end; all one room deep, but with various lean-tos to back, and tall, probably stair wing projecting centre of rear. Garden front: half-glazed door, rectangular light over, moulded stone surround, stone pediment with slight projection over. Either side a tripartite sash window, 16-pane centre sash, cambered head with stone voussoirs: to left boarded door with stone lintel, under end of lean-to roof on cast-iron columns along right return of projecting wing. Boarded door with timber lintel in gable, similar in gable of lean-to on left return with small light over. First floor, main block, three 3-light casement windows, heads as below; similar single-light window to right of centre one. Two- light casement with timber lintel in gable left wing. Above, 2 chimneys on rear of main block: gabled dormer to left of left window, 2-light casement, ridge chimney to left; further ridge chimney at rear of projecting wing, all with moulded caps. Dormer on right return of wing; parapet gable to wing, slope on right longer than left. Left return: on right lean-to against projecting wing, boarded door at left end, timber lintel. Set back, gable end of main block, tall, 5-light ovolo-moulded, mullioned window, hoodmould. Projecting lean-to on left, hipped round onto back of main block; 12-pane horizontal window. Above, slit in right wing, chamfered to give impression of pointed head; top of large buttress to left, forming part of gable of lean-to. Three-light mullioned window as below: 2-light to attics, plain chamfer, hoodmould: parapet gable to main block, cross-gablet apex. Interior not inspected. Said to contain remains of medieval chapel. (D. Verey, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, 1970)

Listing NGR: SP0739424859