SOLOMAN'S COURT WITH BARN AND SHELTER SHED
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1155213
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1960
- Statutory Address:
- SOLOMAN'S COURT WITH BARN AND SHELTER SHED
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- SOLOMAN'S COURT WITH BARN AND SHELTER SHED
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bisley-with-Lypiatt
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 90797 03750
Details
SO 90 SW BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT BOURNES GREEN
7/18 Soloman's Court with barn
and shelter shed
28.6.60
II*
Detached house with outbuilding range. Early C17, possibly
rebuilding of late medieval house. Random rubble limestone;
ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-storey with attic.
Attached stable and shelter shed range form courtyard on north east
side. North east side: 3-window fenestration, all recessed
cavetto mullioned leaded casements with hoodmoulds, 2 + 2-light
with king mullion to ground floor right, 3-light above; 3-light to
left, others all 2-light. Doorway with chamfered opening and plank
door to left of centre. Offset buttress to left end possibly of
earlier date than present house. Roof pitch reduced upon raising
of eaves. Gable end chimneys, that to south east end with moulded
cap. Lower outbuilding range attached to south east end, extended
in north east direction in C20, linking with barn and stable,
segmental arched passageway marking junction. Range returns on
opposite side of courtyard, this section including 2-bay shelter
shed. South west side: 2 gables to either end of this elevation
are later additions upon mid C18 rebuilding of roof, each
containing 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement with
hoodmould. Central 2-light immediately below eaves also added in
this alteration. Two casements to each floor arranged below
gables, 2 and 3-light with hoodmoulds, mostly C20 restored. Off-
centre doorway, aligned with that on north east side, has glazed
door and timber lintel. Lower outbuilding to right has off-centre
2-light chamfered mullioned casement; eaves-mounted gabled dormer
above.
Interior: principal room on ground floor has very fine Jacobean
plaster ceiling, central beam also being plastered with mouldings
to beam chamfers and elaborated plaster stops. Similar chamfer
below running leaf trail frieze to partition wall. Large stone
Tudor arched fireplace with moulded opening. Stone spiral stair to
left, access to room above now blocked. Room elaborated early C18
with Doric chimneypiece having fluted pilasters; niche with shell
hood to right. Fielded panelling to casement shutters and to
window seats. Very large stone slab jambs to fireplace with timber
lintel in other ground floor room. Similar plasterwork and stone
chimneypiece recorded in upper floor room. As with Upper Througham
Farmhouse (q.v.) Soloman's Court was owned by the Smart family in
C17 and C18, both houses exhibiting many parallels in their
development.
(N.M. Herbert, 'Bisley' in V.C.H. Glos. xi, 1976, pp 4-40; M.A.
Rudd, Historical Records of Bisley with Lypiatt, 1937; and D.
Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)
Listing NGR: SO9079703750
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 132574
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1976), 4-40
Rudd, MA , Historical Records of Bisley with Lypiatt, (1935)
Verey, D , The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
