Description

BOURTON
SU28NW
4/40 Bourton Grange

GV II

House, now office. Datestone on finial: JT (for John Tucker) 1847. Limestone
ashlar. Welsh slate roof. Double-depth plan (4x2) with central staircase.
2-storey and attic, 4-window range. 3:1 facade with bay recessed, built flush
with service range. Steps to 6-panelled door, under 4-centered arch with hood
mould and ballflower terminals over; door flanked by 2 rectangular bays, with
blind panel strips and lunettes to surround. 4-light moulded mullioned and
transomed windows; ballflower terminals to hood moulds; original rainwater
goods. Facade surmounted by 3 Dutch gables with moulded kneelers and round
window; ridge stacks. Interior: Original panelled doors and straight-flight
open-string stair with moulded balusters; service range to right of facade:
limestone ashlar, 3-window range, with flat roof. In front of house is late C20
iron rail connected by stone circular piers with ball finials. John Turner, the
builder of Bourton Grange, also built the 6 almshouses near Pinewood and
contributed towards the rebuilding of the school. The Tucker family were
responsible for the building of much of Bourton in the 1840s & 1850s, including
Pinewood, the Church of St. James and the Baptist chapel. (Kelly's
Directory, 1897).

Listing NGR: SU2293487334

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26309439

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