Buckland Manor Hotel

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BUCKLAND BUCKLAND VILLAGE SP 03 NE 2/7 Buckland Manor Hotel (formerly listed as The Manor) 4.7.60 and wall to churchyard GV II* Former manor house, now hotel. C17, circa 1880, 1910-13 for C.T. Scott by A.N. Prentice. Squared, coursed stone; south end stone nearer to rock face with ashlar quoins; stone slate roof. Large, rambling building, about 7 rooms wide, consisting of 4 parallel blocks with linking sections, 2 and 2 1/2 storeys. Main front: on left 2 gabled wings with slightly later flush infill between: C19 extension to right end. Beyond projecting C20 porch; 2 further gabled ends, second slightly set back; projecting gable wing at right end. Windows all with plain chamfered stone mullions, leaded lights, probably early C20 iron opening lights and decorative catches. All gables have parapets with cross-gablet saddles. Left section, up to porch: first gable alternate thick and thin courses below eaves; infill more even thick courses, thin courses to right gable. Windows with tall, unbonded jambs, with hoodmoulds. Plinth: in centre of infill section boarded door with chamfered arris and flat stone lintel. Either side 2-light window with linked hoodmould, vertical joint in stonework, 3-light window to left, 2-light to right, both offset towards centre. To right wall extended in C19, further 2-light window, with bonded jambs. First floor 2-light windows, hoodmoulds to 2 in infill linked. Gables over, on left with stump of chimney, 2-light window in centre to infill, panelled chimney on ridge right: continuous ridge linking gables behind, with gable on right end. To right projecting, single-storey porch (post 1923), boarded door up one stone step, 3-centred arch over with moulded surround and hoodmould; moulded parapet. Above, set back, 3-light window without hoodmould, moulded parapet to flat roof. Gable end to right, plinth, two 2-light windows with hoodmoulds under 3-light window in stone oriel, with hipped stone roof. Slight set back to C20 extension on right, no plinth: 6-light window ground floor, 3 and 2-light windows above with linked hoodmould, single light window in gable. Projecting wing, 2-storey canted bay on end: 4- light mullion and transom ground floor, similar mullion above, both with king mullion; string to first floor; plain parapet, single light window in gable over. Chimney from eaves in angle on left. Far left end churchyard wall projects from front of house, some 2.5m high alternate thick and thin courses, stone roof in 2 courses with moulded eaves. About 12m from house doorway, boarded door with timber arch under flat timber lintel: wall extends abou$ further llm to buttress. Interior: at back of porch double-boarded door in 2 leaves, probably C17, with studs and iron hinges, bar closer. Except as noted, interior appears generally to be late Cl9 or early C20 detail. Panelled doors throughout, with original latches. To right of porch 2 lounges, walls panelled with small panels, fluted frieze, moulded cornice; moulded stone Tudor arch between, originally with double doors: similar arch to fireplace in first room, bolection-moulding to fireplace surround in second. Exposed reused heavy beams in ceiling in second, ovolo moulding, exposed joists. Dining room in end right wing, painted panelling as lounges, vine tendril cornice, moulded plaster cornice above: wide Jacobethan fireplace. Main stairs to left of porch, open well, panelled, square newels, heavy moulded handrail and strings, turned balusters, probably C17 work reset: landing balustrade to match, dado panelling. Early C18 fireplace at left end,pulvinated frieze, with moulded edge to shelf. First floor, bedroom over dining room segmental plaster ceiling, stone fireplace surround. Roof: first range to left of porch tie-beam and collar trusses, angled struts, one pair purlins, no ridge piece; narrow queen- strut roof at front of link to left, trapped purlins, no collar. A medieval hall with solar end stood in front of right-half of house, demolished in late C18 or C19 (old print). Two C17 parallel ranges on left linked by later C17 infill; one said to have been a barn. House said to be much altered and enlarged c1880, further alterations and extension c1910. Interior very much altered, including changing extreme left wing from 2 1/2 to 1 1/2 storeys internally. Mrs. Delany lived here as a girl for a few years. Forms group with church (q.v.). (D. Verey, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, 1970; R. Haydon, Mrs Delany, 1980; 1903 and 2923, 25" O.S. maps)

Listing NGR: SP0814135964

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Sources

Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Haydon, R, Mrs Delany, (1980)

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