Moor Court,south Wing and North Wing
MOOR COURT,SOUTH WING AND NORTH WING
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1172569
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Moor Court,south Wing and North Wing
- Statutory Address:
- MOOR COURT,SOUTH WING AND NORTH WING
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1172569
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Moor Court,south Wing and North Wing
- Statutory Address 1:
- MOOR COURT,SOUTH WING AND NORTH WING
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:
- MOOR COURT,SOUTH WING AND NORTH WING
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Minchinhampton
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 85299 02026
Details
SO 80 SE MINCHINHAMPTON LOWER LITTLEWORTH
3/273 Moor Court, South Wing and North Wing
II
Former large country house, now 3 houses. 1864 by Elmslie, Franey and Haddon for Rev. G. Williams. Ashlar limestone; ashlar chimneys; Welsh slate roof. Two-storey with cellar, 3-storey porte-cochere tower on east front; 3-storey secondary wing at north end. East front: asymmetrical, dominated by central porte- cochere tower in full classical style. Arcaded front to ground floor, round arches supported on paired Ionic columns; segmental rusticated coachway arches to sides. Three upper floor sashes on each side to 2 upper floors, all with keyed moulded architraves and balustrade panels below sills; sashes without glazing bars, top floor having segmental arched heads. Rusticated corner pilaster strips. Pediment to each face with moulded oculus in tympanum; corner chimneys with moulded caps. Tall hipped roof with ironwork cresting. Five-window fenestration to main elevation to left, 3- window to right plus projecting break-forward to right, large 4- pane sashes to ground floor, smaller upper floor sashes, all with moulded keyed architraves. Hipped roof with modillion eaves cornice; ridge-mounted chimneys with moulded caps. West (garden) front: mixed fenestration in asymmetrical arrangement. Off- centre canted 3-storey bay window with large 4-pane sash to each face on main floor (treated as piano nobile on this elevation); smaller upper floor sashes. Tripartite sash to left of bay with pediment over central part, cornice with brackets; 3 linked sashes to right with similar pediment and cornice. Banded rustication to cellar; paired corner pilasters. Plainer service range to left with 3-window fenestration, central being tripartite. South end: large contemporary conservatory has rusticated stone piers. Open balustraded terrace walls adjoin with steps down to lower garden level. Interior: fine stair hall with Doric column arcading on upper floor landing. Ornate cast-iron balusters to staircase with swept handrail having wreathed terminals. Many good cornices and fireplaces. (N.M. Herbert, 'Minchinhampton' in V.C.H. Glos xi, 1976, pp. 184- 207; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire The Cotswolds, 1979)
Listing NGR: SO8529902026
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 133065
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1976), 184-207
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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