Description

HOLCOMBE ROGUS HOLCOMBE ROGUS
ST 01 NE
5/124
- Cellar and wood sheds
approximately 1.5 metres north-
west of Holcombe Court
GV
II
Cellar and woodsheds. Circa 1859 - 63; they were built as part of the Reverend
William Rayer's renovation of the main house. Snecked grey-coloured local limestone
with some ashlar; slate roof with some original crested roof tiles.
Plan: L-shaped building terraced into the hillslope on 2 sides. It contains 3
rooms, one in the angle of the 2 wings and one each side. None has fireplaces.
The entrance front faces south-east onto the back of Holcombe Court (q.v). The cold
store or cellar is in the right room here. The other 2 rooms are wood sheds; and
their south-west front is the more architectural since it overlooks the grounds and
serpentine lake that side of the house. An arch (facing south-west) connects these
service rooms to the main house. Holcombe Court is terraced into a hillslope and
therefore the narrow service courtyard to rear (north-west) is sunken into the
rising ground occupied by the kitchen garden (q.v) and this cellar and woodshed
block occupies the south-west end of the courtyard backing onto the terrace. The
rooms are single storey with lofts over.
Exterior: the south-west side has a 2:1 window front of 2-centred arch windows
containing casements, now without glazing bars. The 1-window section to right is
broken forward from the rest; it is the gable-end of the south-east facing block.
There is a lancet in the gable and coping to the gable. The front wall and the
weathered coping continue rightwards, the coping rising as a gable over a tall
segmental-pointed arch with a double chamfered arch ring. The house (south-east)
front is similar.
Interior: has plain carpentry detail.
This cellar add woodsheds form a group with Holcombe Court (q.v), its ancillary
buildings (most of which are listed), the Church of All Saints (q.v) and the houses
at the top end of Holcombe Rogus.

Listing NGR: ST0553619014

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400285

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability