Frocester Court

Details

SO 7802 FROCESTER COURT ROAD (south end) 9/109 Frocester Court (previously listed with 10.1.55 Tithe Barn)

GV II*

Former monastic court house, now detached house. Late C15 with early C16 wing. Major late C16 enlargement. Reduced in size mid- late C18. Early C19 refacing. Ashlar, coursed and random rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Four-bay hall with 2-bay side wing. Long additional wings forming L-plan. Two storey with attic. Outbuilding ranges to rear. South west front: roughly central 2-storey gabled porch with Tudor style moulded doorway having panelled entablature over; mullioned and transomed upper floor casement. Two upper floor and one ground floor 2-light casements to left in wall with some early masonry, possibly rebuilt when projecting wing demolished. Inserted mullioned and transomed casement to left flanked by narrow offset buttresses. Projecting gable end of hall range to right, probably refaced early Cl9 with large mullioned and transomed casement to ground and upper floors, both with hood moulds. Three ridge-mounted diagonal-set chimney stacks to left. South east side: parapet gable end of short early C16 wing to left, largely refaced early C19, has single-window fenestration, tall 2-light to ground floor, 2-light above, both recessed chamfered with hood moulds. Small blocked window (possibly stair light) to left. Many indications of alterations to wing on north east return wall, projecting chimney stack probably removed. Main range to right of 3 builds. From left to right: early C16 refacing of C15 hall, later C16 addition with 2 and 3- light casements, upper floor rebuilt at later date, and C18 former dairy beyond original gable end-mounted chimney with paired diagonal shafts. Double plank doors and timber lintel with bricked-up opening above; 2 flanking reset quatrefoil vents. Single-window fenestration and small gabled late Cl8 closet projection to right with 2-light south east facing casement. North west end: early C19 refaced parapet gable end with slightly later 2-storey canted bay window having crenellated top, extended down into cellar area with 2 trefoil-headed windows. Rear: part to left has catslide roof over early Cl9 pentice with chamfered stone piers. Part of late C16 addition at centre retains original 2- light mullioned casements. Range extended to right with C15 or early C16 projecting chimney stack, possibly for separate building, incorporated during late C16 enlargement. Many attached outbuildings, mostly C18 or early Cl9 with coped gables and groups of diagonal-shafted projecting chimney stacks. One part is cart shed with loft, attached to low single-storey range. Interior: much timber framing of 4-bay hall discovered in recent investigations, 3 roof trusses being of original late C15 date (2 visible in open roof to principal upper floor room) with arched wind bracing. Large stone fireplace on ground floor reduced in size by inserted C19 Tudor style fireplace with well-detailed carving. Framed smoke bay at north west end. More elaborate 2- tier inverted bracing to roof of short south east side wing. Two carved and reset oak panels said to represent George Huntley - the post-Dissolution owner - and his wife. C18 internal privy closet at end of wing approached by corridor with waiting room. The earliest structure represents a monastic court house with later steward's wing. Greatly enlarged after the Dissolution, two wings enclosing a courtyard on south west side were both demolished by 1784. (Article in Country Life, 20th May 1905. N.M. Herbert, 'Frocester' in V.C.H. Glos. x, 1972, pp. 170-178; E.G. Price, 'Survivals of the Medieval Monastic Estate of Frocester' in Trans. B.G.A.S., 1980, and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1976).

Listing NGR: SO7873502930

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Sources

Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970)
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1972), 170-8
Transactions of Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society in Transactions of Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, (1980)
Country life in 20 May, (1905)

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