More Hall Convent

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SO 8206-8306 RANDWICK HUMPHRIES END

14/209 More Hall Convent (previously listed as More Hall)

28.6.60 II*

Large detached house, now convent with attached chapel. Part dated 1582, considerably enlarged c1620. Chapel converted from dovecote 1912-16, being linked to house; c1920 restoration. Random rubble limestone; ashlar and artificial stone rebuilt chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-storey with attics and cellars; 3-storey at north end. Stone finials to all moulded gables, most windows retaining lead-latticed casements. West side: 2 cross- gabled wings project forward forming central courtyard. Wing with parapet gables and finials to right is end of original rectangular house, doorway - now entered from arcade below central range gable of addition - has lintel dated 1582, hoodmould over. Three-light recessed cavetto mullioned casement to upper floor reduced to 2 lights upon addition of central range; quatrefoil gable vent above. Two single-light casements to front gable. Full gable to central range with large upper floor mullioned and transomed casement, continuous drip course above; smaller mullioned and transomed attic casement with hoodmould. Arcade below has central pointed arched opening with hoodmould flanked by 2 openings with cambered stone lintels; continuous drip moulding above stepping over outer openings and incorporating central inscription panel inscribed 'BENEDICTVS QVI VENIT IN NOMINE DOMINI'. Cross gabled wing projects forward to left with continuous drip courses to upper floor fenestration, single windows arranged on centre-line of gables, all 2- and 3-light recessed chamfered casements. North end: 2 gables, left with large projecting chimney with cluster of diagonal shafts having moulded caps; C20 single-storey addition below with mullioned fenestration. Single-window fenestration to right gable, drip courses continued round from west side. Some additional single-light casements to left above doorway with chamfered opening. East side: 3 full parapet gables, left is lower, being east end of original house with mullioned and transomed ground and upper floor casements; 2-light to attic with quatrefoil vent above, all recessed cavetto moulded with hoods. Higher gables to right and 3 projecting stone rainwater chutes above mixed mullioned or mullioned and transomed fenestration, taller central windows illuminating upper floor hall. Continuous drip courses below both gables, set at different levels. Single diagonal chimney shaft with moulded cap to central gable. South side: 2 full parapet gables to original house, left with single- window fenestration, projecting chimney with rebuilt shaft to right gable. Attached C20 wing is not of special interest. Chapel attached to left corner by short link with Tudor arched doorway has tall combined porch and belfry, moulded. Tudor arched doorway with 3-light above and coped corners at base of octagonal belfry with coped pyramidal top. Interior: large panelled hall on upper floor of c1620 addition has fireplace with short pilaster strips to upper parts of chimneypiece, lower order having Ionic capitals. Other parts of range have extensive square-framed timber partitions with Tudor arched door lintels. Stepped beam chamfer stops. Roofs of c1620 addition of extended collar construction. Built for the Fowler family of clothiers, More Hall has been a convent since the 1930s, the chapel having been added for a previous owner, Rev. C.H. Sharpe, who founded the Evangelist Brothers of the Common Life. (N. M. Herbert, 'Stonehouse' in V.C.H. Glos x, 1972, pp. 267-289; and D. Verey Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO8300706090

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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, (1972), 267-289

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