Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 GLOUCESTER ROAD
758-1/2/107 (West side)
01/07/76 No.116
Westport House

GV II

House. Late C16, altered and extended to either end in mid
C18, library added mid C19. Rendered over limestone rubble
with overlapping boarding to library, brick gable and axial
stacks and stone slate roof.
PLAN: single-depth, now with rear extension.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 2:3:2-window range. A central
3-window C16 house with a right-hand door, C18 extensions each
end with a right-hand doorway to the left-hand section, with
6/6-pane sashes in exposed boxes; French windows to
single-storey early C20 addition (former studio) attached to
right-hand end.
INTERIOR: details include steep collared trusses from an
earlier roof, extended C18, a good C16 unglazed oak window in
the former rear wall, now an internal opening, with diamond
mullions, a good early C18 panelled ground-floor room with egg
and dart moulding, winder stair to the attic, and C18 rear
stair flight; the former studio has segmental-vaulted timber
ceiling and panelled walls.

Listing NGR: ST9306087588

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559554

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)