Description

1.
5180 GREEN LANE
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Bowden House
(Formerly listed as
Bawden House and
Outbuildings of Bowden House)
SX 85 NW 8/5 7.1.52.

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Circa 1509 manor house built for John Gyles, remodelled with new south-east and
south-west fronts circa 1700-4 for Nicholas Trist. 2 storeys. South-east facade,
symmetrical with central entrance; 5 bay with fenestration 2:1:1:1:2. South-west
facade, also symmetrical with 5 bays and fenestration 2:2:1:2:2. Hipped Welsh slate
roof with rendered stacks. Devonian limestone ashlar with pilasters carrying entablature
and parapet, plain 1st floor band. Architraved sash windows with glazing
bars. Main entrance with architraved doorway, console bracketed entablature with
pulvinated frieze and ½ glazed door (garden entrance with similar doorway with pediment]:
early C19 glazed porch.
C16 range at rear with original doorways to former screen's passage; original main
entrance (now internal doorway) of granite with arched head, moulded square surround
with carved spandrels and hoodmould (similar doorway reused in C19 stable range.
3-light mullioned window with cavetto mouldings and hoodmould over former rear entrance.
Early C19 stable block adjoining C16 range with arcaded stable yard. Symmetrical
stable block with honey-comb brick treatment to 1st floor hay lofts, possibly for
ventilation. Outbuildings incorporate doorway (see above) and other carved fragments
from the C16 house.
Interior Former Tudor hall, later the kitchen, retains a moulded plaster ceiling
decorated with rib work and part of figured frieze; open fireplaces, one with early
C18 mantle. C18 front room with earlier C17 panelling (brought from elsewhere in
the old house) and similarly a fine carved chimneypiece with elaborate coat of arms
and crowned supporters inscribed below Holophernies and Judith with date 1585.
Elaborate C18 plasterwork to entrance hall including doorcase, niches, chimney-
piece etc. Naturalistic classical ceiling. Medallion of Charles I dated 1735.
Large panelled room over entrance hall. Fine mid C18 open staircase with open string,
closely spaced, turned balusters, column newels and swept, moulded handrail.

Listing NGR: SX8014358848

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17527133

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)