Abbotswood and Gate Piers to Stable Yard
ABBOTSWOOD AND GATE PIERS TO STABLE YARD, B 4077
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1221847
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Abbotswood and Gate Piers to Stable Yard
- Statutory Address:
- ABBOTSWOOD AND GATE PIERS TO STABLE YARD, B 4077
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- Date:
- 2003-10-08
- Reference:
- IOE01/11524/29
- Rights:
- © Helmut Schulenburg. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1221847
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1960
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Abbotswood and Gate Piers to Stable Yard
- Statutory Address 1:
- ABBOTSWOOD AND GATE PIERS TO STABLE YARD, B 4077
- Statutory Address 2:
- ABBOTSWOOD, B 4077
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ABBOTSWOOD AND GATE PIERS TO STABLE YARD, B 4077
- Statutory Address:
- ABBOTSWOOD, B 4077
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Swell
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 18121 26315
Details
SP 12 NE
3/125
SWELL, (UPPER SWELL)
B 4077 (south side),
Abbotswood and Gatepiers to Stable Yard
(Previously listed as Abbotswood)
25.8.60
II
Country house. 1862. Extended and altered by Lutyens for Mark Fenwick. Coursed
rubble (the Lutyens work rough-faced), ashlar dressings (forming heavy contrast
in Lutyens work). Cotswold stone roof with coped verge and parapets to east-west
wing, hipped end to north wing; large rectangular ridged chimneys L-plan. Cotswold
style. 2½ storeys mullioned and transom windows, the 1867 work with drips and
rounded strings, the Lutyens work with flat flush mullions and transoms and this
segmental labels. The 1867 house has string over ground floor and at 1st floor
cill level. The main block lies east-west: 2 gables with ball finials, irregular
fenestration - ground floor windows altered by Lutyens, metal casements. The north
wing is at right angles, eaves type, cutting in at transom level of 1st floor
windows of main block 5 bays. 2 Cotswold dormer gables with kneelers, arched doorway
to right of centre with 2-light transom window over. Lutyens added large 2 bay
block with tall diagonal chimneys to left. The principal Lutyens addition is to
the west of the main block; 2½ storeys on basement; projecting gable to north with
roofs sweeping virtually to ground; central rusticated Ionic doorcase with open
segmental pediment containing initials and date; mounting block to right. The west
return has 2 tall projecting gables separated by a lower corniced link with bracket
pediment to central, altered window; cornice and parapet blocks to either side of
gables. Below central window is a rusticated half-dome niche with keystone mask
spouting water jets into circular pool. Bullseye window to left. Garden front
to south: 4 bay with projecting end gables containing 2 storey angled bays, part
of the 1867 house. Below 1st floor window on north side is a tablet commemorating
a lucky escape by a 6 year old Sartoris who fell out of it. Ashlar gatepiers with
ball finials, probably 1867, to stable yard at north end of north wing.
Listing NGR: SP1812126315
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 413763
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 16 Gloucestershire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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