Syde Manor

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SO 91 SW SYDE SYDE VILLAGE

2/127 Syde Manor

GV II*

Large country house. Late C15 or early C16 wing; remainder principally C17 with late C17 west porch; C18 south wing. Random rubble limestone with ashlar dressings; coursed and squared rubble to C18 wing; stone slate roof. Long west-facing C17 range of 2 storeys with attic; central 2-storey porch; central staircase plan to south wing of 2 storeys with attic; 2-storey north east wing. West front: central porch has ovolo moulded doorway with plank door and 2-light ovolo moulded mullioned window over; small upper floor ovolo moulded single-light windows to porch sides; additional chamfered single-light below to right. Scattered fenestration left of porch: large small-paned casement with timber lintel to each floor; C19 roof dormer with barge boards; further left offset buttress and gabled end of cross-wing which has single- window fenestration; larger timber casement to upper floor with 2- light ovolo moulded mullioned window and flat drip stone over to attic; lean-to outbuildings attached below. Full gable to right of porch with single window fenestration: large C19 3-light mullioned window with hoodmould has small single-light C19 to left also with hood; 3-light recessed chamfered with hood above and 2- light attic window; blocked single-light high in parapet gable; blocked doorway to right with blocked oval window over set horizontally; 2-light to upper floor over; central ridge-mounted chimney is ashlar, partly rebuilt in yellow brick. West gable end of south range has ashlar chimney with moulded cap at parapet gable; C18 upper floor sash with moulded architrave and keystone; C19 canted bay below with moulded cornice to parapet and architraves with keystones to each window; 2 C19 sashes in front face and single to each side. South front: 3-window 2-storey facade with central projecting single-storey C19 porch; sashes have moulded architraves, stepped keytones and bull-nosed sills; 2 door leaves each of 2 fielded panels to porch, and 2 side casements all with architraves and keystones to match sashes; panel dated 1908 central over doorway with architrave, keystone and central flower decoration; curve to parapet over. East side: blocked window to upper floors of end parapet gable to C18 south range having architraves and keystone; otherwise fenestration is generally scattered; chimney with moulded cap and skirt to parapet gable at back of C18 range; central chimney gable on elevation has rebuilt ashlar stack with moulded cap and skirt; 2 upper floor 2- light recessed chamfered mullioned windows to left of chimney gable with single 3-light mullioned window below; C19 roof dormer with leaded casement above; to right of chimney gdble 2-window fenestration: C19 roof dormers, 3-light upper floor windows and altered fenestration to ground floor with inserted doorway. North wing projects to east and has scattered fenestration: two 2-light windows with Tudor-arched heads face south; stepped chimney stack on east gable with single Tudor-arched light either side, that to left has single-light square-headed chamfered window above; north side of wing has C19 3-light with Tudor-arched heads and original 2-light below. North gable end of main range has altered fenestration and concrete steps to upper floor doorway. Interior of early east wing has large basket-arched fireplace in ground floor room and a single raised cruck to roof. Open well staircase to C18 house with moulded open strings, wreathed handrail terminals and stick balusters; fielded panelled shutters to sash windows. Every century has seen an addition to the original house dating from about 1500 so that the effect is one of accumulation. (N. M. Herbert, 'Syde', in V.C.H. Glos. vii, pp. 227-232.)

Listing NGR: SO9491710783

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Sources

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Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1981), 227-232

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