Shirenewton Hall

Shirenewton Hall is a house dating from the 1830s, with an Edwardian addition, constructed of dark limestone rubble with Bath stone dressings and a stone slate roof. The west front is asymmetrical, featuring six bays over two stories and an attic, and is built in a Tudorbethan style popular in the 1830s, closely matching the character of the Edwardian addition. Rectangular dripmoulds adorn the stone mullioned and transomed windows, which are set within lozenge and rectangular leaded cames. A two-story porch is set to the right, topped with a shaped gable, and contains a four-centered moulded entrance arch beneath a three-light transomed window. A main boarded door sits under the porch, with a smaller door offset to the left. Large square bay windows are positioned to the left and right, with an oriel above on the left and a pierced diamond pattern parapet to the right. There are also other two and three-light windows. The roofline is varied, with diagonally set stone stacks, gables with ball finials, and arched panels within solid parapets. A full-height blind gable end faces forward on the right. A lower, two-story return wing is situated on the left, representing the Edwardian addition. The north elevation, facing Crick Road, features two gables to the left, and generally mirrors the detail of the earlier work. The rear (east) elevation, and the south-facing garden elevation, were not closely surveyed. Illustrations of the garden elevation show four bays of the 1830s house to the left, with a six-light bay window and a three-light window with a shaped gable above. In the center are two and three-light windows. To the right is a two-story bay window with four-light mullion and transom windows above a large Flemish gable. Further to the right is a four-bay loggia of rounded arches with a strapwork parapet, followed by three windows above and then a four-story tower featuring a corbelled-out upper story and crenellations; this tower may contain fabric from an earlier building. The property includes formal terraced forecourts and terraced gardens, with various Chinese and Japanese pots, along with bronze vases and dishes. The interior was not inspected during the resurvey.