The Court House
THE COURT HOUSE, NEWCOURT ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1386653
- Date first listed:
- 23-Mar-1982
- List Entry Name:
- The Court House
- Statutory Address:
- THE COURT HOUSE, NEWCOURT ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1386653
- Date first listed:
- 23-Mar-1982
- List Entry Name:
- The Court House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COURT HOUSE, NEWCOURT ROAD
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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:
- THE COURT HOUSE, NEWCOURT ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cheltenham (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Charlton Kings
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 96024 20544
Details
CHARLTON KINGS
SO9620NW NEWCOURT ROAD 630-1/33/105 (East side) 23/03/82 The Court House
GV II*
House. c1550, for Sir Henry Compton; parlour chimney possibly added 1614; remodelled for John Prinn 1695-7, when central hall rebuilt in brick, roof heightened, old parlour panelled and south staircase inserted; modernised 1797-8 when it was intended as the dower house for Charlton House (qv); remodelled c1890 when porch added, refenestrated to west end and bay window inserted to east. EXTERIOR: brick with timber-frame to wings, with pebble-dash finish, plain tile roofs, those to wings are half-hipped to rear. Centre and slightly-lower wings. Two and a half storeys, 1:3:1 first-floor-window range. Ground floor, between wings a lean-to and gabled porch with part-glazed door. Centre part has c1900 windows: 6/2 flush sashes in wide surrounds; wings have rectangular bay windows to ground floor and wooden oriels on first floor; to right gable a garret light; attic dormer to centre part at rear. Wide eaves cornice to centre on acanthus modillions. Gable chimney to right; 2 large extended chimneys to left-hand (NW) wing (on return); extruded chimney with bread oven projection to right hand return. NW wing has large stair window with central mullion and square leaded lights with old glass. INTERIOR: reported as including in centre block, hall fireplace with egg-and-dart decoration; doorway with bolection-moulded architrave to first-floor; late C16/early C17 panelled door with 3 large strap hinges. 2 roof trusses and a pair of purlins. Parlour (NW) wing: bolection-moulded fireplace surround and a boxed ceiling beam. Bolection-moulded panelling and cornices to both rooms and staircase hall. Door with half an H-hinge. Dog-leg staircase with moulded string and handrail, turned tapered rod-on-vase balusters with square knops. First floor has 2 doors with bolection-moulded architraves. Some timber-framing exposed with large square panels, 2 purlins visible and pair of curved windbraces. Jointed cruck-truss to large chamber. Service wing: cellar has brick barrel vault. Dog-leg stair has moulded handrail and barley-twist-on-vase balusters, continuing to attic and with row of probably early C17 turned balusters and grip handrail. To foot of attic stair a large jowled post with plain beam. Roof truss has steeply cambered and tenoned collar, one pair of trenched purlins and row of curved windbraces; diamond
ridge to apex. HISTORICAL NOTE: presumably a medieval hall with cross-wings, one a service wing, the other a parlour (or solar) wing. On first floor of parlour wing an open arch-braced roof of 2 bays and small ante-chamber. Probably an open hall with a screens passage on the site of the present stack. The kitchen chimney stack is probably an original feature. Charles Holt obtained the house in 1613 with permission to alter it and the early balusters may relate to a stair he inserted. These alterations could include the flooring of the open hall. In 1695-7 the NE wall was built outside the original timber wall and the wing roofs were rebuilt in half-hipped form giving a grand garden facade; the service-wing staircase was added and the parlour-wing rooms were panelled. The staircase in the parlour wing belongs to the first half C18, probably re-used from elsewhere; it may have been added in c1790 when hall doorway, fireplace and passage block were added. The original roof is thought to have been thatch. It was known as New Court by 1620. Gate piers (qv) to the house are now located in garden to rear of No.16 Newcourt Park. (Paget M (ed), Charlton Kings Local History Society: A History of Charlton Kings: Gloucester: 1988-: 75-77; Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin: 1983-: 11-32).
Listing NGR: SO9602420544
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 474049
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Paget, M, A History of Charlton Kings, (1988)
Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin in Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin, (1983), 11-32
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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