HIGHWORTH COURT HIGHWORTH HOUSE

HIGHWORTH COURT, 6, WESTROP

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1185156
Date first listed:: 26-Jan-1955
List Entry Name:: HIGHWORTH COURT HIGHWORTH HOUSE
Statutory Address:: HIGHWORTH COURT, 6, WESTROP

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1185156
Date first listed:: 26-Jan-1955
List Entry Name:: HIGHWORTH COURT HIGHWORTH HOUSE
Statutory Address 1:: HIGHWORTH COURT, 6, WESTROP
Statutory Address 2:: HIGHWORTH HOUSE, 6, WESTROP

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: HIGHWORTH COURT, 6, WESTROP
Statutory Address:: HIGHWORTH HOUSE, 6, WESTROP

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Highworth
National Grid Reference:: SU 20017 92476

Details

1. 5410 HIGHWORTH WESTROP (West Side) 26.1.55 No 6 Highworth Court (formerly listed as Highworth House under Lechlade Road) and Highworth House SU 2092 SW 18/356 SU 2092 SE 18/356

II* GV

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the entry shall be amended to read:-

HIGHWORTH SU2092SW WESTROP 984- /18/356 (West side) 26/01/55 No.6

Highworth Court and Highworth House

GV II* Town house, now two houses. c1720s, with later alterations. Flemish bond brick with fine gauged and rubbed dressings to front; cement rendered to right-hand return; rear wing of limestone rubble with brick quoins and dressings; Welsh slate roof hipped behind parapet to front and gabled to rear; brick stacks. L-shaped plan: front block (Highworth Court) has 2 principal ground-floor rooms heated by rear lateral stacks and central projecting rear stair turret; rear former service wing (Highworth House), of 2-room plan with axial and rear stacks, has early C19 one-room extension to rear extended in turn by a late C19 conservatory. Projecting left-hand bay with carriage entrance now forms part of Highworth House, which also has flat-roofed 1956 extension (replacing earlier outshot) to right-hand (north) wall. Highworth Court to front of 3 storeys. 5-bay front has ashlar quoins and triple keys to segmental-arched windows with early C19 6/6-pane sashes, the keys breaking into plat bands which are returned to side elevations; aprons to windows and rectangular and central oval dies to parapet also in gauged and rubbed brickwork; segmental-arched doorway with mid/late C19 six-panelled door and overlight, adjoining left-hand inserted late C19 bay window; rear stair turret has early C18 semi-circular arched sash with thick glazing bars set above early C19 sash; left-hand return with half-glazed panelled doors in inserted mid C19 opening. 2-storey bay set back to left, with blind window over former carriage arch, with ashlar impost blocks and keystone touching brick plat band. Archway beneath has entry to the rear wing (Highworth House) of 2 storeys with early C19 3-storey extension to rear. The left-hand (south) elevation has early C18 closet set over early/mid C19 canted bay window with glazing bar sashes (10/10-pane to centre) ; central section has fine early C18 3-light wood-mullioned first-floor window with leaded lights and wrought-iron fittings to central opening casement, set above mid C20 canted bay window (fronting C18 opening with segmental arch) and C20 homed sash with late C19 lintel; left-hand (west) end has timber lintel lintel over 6/6-pane first-floor sash above late C19 canted bay window; timber lintels over other openings, including similar fine early C18 window with leaded lights to right-hand (north) return. Late C19 conservatory with porch and lantern. INTERIOR: Highworth Court not inspected but noted to have retained early C18 features including panelled ground-floor rooms and fine staircase with fluted balusters and sweeping handrail; mid C19 alteration including inserted marble fireplace. Highworth House includes transverse beams to ground-floor rooms; early C18 and C19 panelled doors in moulded architraves, including 4-panelled C18 door to closet; staircase to front rebuilt probably in C20 with late C19 reset turned newels but including C18 turned balusters and closed string; ground-floor room to centre has reset early C18 stone fireplace with beaded architrave; roof not seen. Decorative (probably Minton or Jackfield) tile floor in conservatory.

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1. 5410 HIGHWORTH WESTROP (west side) 26.1.55 No 6 Highworth Court (formerly listed as Highworth House under Lechlade Road) - and Highworth House SU 2092 SW 18/356 SU 2092 SE 18/356

II* GV

2. Tall circa 1725, 5 bay town house. Three storeys, attic and basement. Largely blue brick with red brick bands. Chamfered stone quoins. Band over basement and moulded coping to parapet. Triple stone keys. Rubbed brick segmental arches. Aprons and bands over floors. High parapet with 4 rectangular and central oval rubbed brick panels. Glazing bar sash windows. Central mid C19 6 panel door with 3 pane overlight. C19/early C20 2 light square bay to left on ground floor. One bay 2 storey extension to left with slate roof, carriage arch on ground floor with stone imposts and key and fine wooden gates. Interior, mostly panelled rooms on first floor. Good staircase with sweeping rail and fluted balusters, (plain after first floor) continued to roof light; panelled dado, panelled landing below first floor. Altered mid C19 (see inserted marble fire-place). Two storey extension to rear with 2 storey bay. This and mid C19 2 1/2 storey former malthouse to west now form Highworth House. Conservatory to west of now converted malthouse. Interior retains an C18 service staircase.

Listing NGR: SU2000892468

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 318485
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.