Description

ST73NW
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BREWHAM CP
Colinshays House with attached wing wall to North

GV
II

House. c1815, with substantial later C19 addtions. Local stone cut and squared with Doulting stone dressings; earlier portion has Welsh slates between coped gables, newer section has hipped roof with featured coped gables; stone chimney stacks, the later arranged in diagonal groups. The 1815 portion to North West rustic in character, of 2 storeys with attics, 4 bays. Small pane casements in plain openings with keystones at lower level; bays 1 and 4 coped gabled with attic windows, battlemented parapet between then. On North side of this portion a gable with bell in bell shaped turret over pointed arch doorway and pointed "Y"-traceried sash windows. Later block to South East trapezoid on plain, more formal; 2 storeys, 2 bays. Plinth string and eaves cornices; timber mullioned and transomed windows with small panes set into ashlar surrounds with labels, gables over first floor windows; between bays an ashlar porch in Gothic style with corner buttresses, moulded 4-centre arch doorway, with pair 10-panel doors; plain square plaque over. This portion apparently little altered internally.
To North a rubble wing wall leading to tall archway with shield over set into stepped gable leading into the farmyard, a group of unremarkable C19 buildings.
House started by one John Dampier, also owner of Brewham Manor about 1815. (Couzens, P, Bruton in Selwood, Abbey Press, Sherborne, 1972).

Listing NGR: ST7065035985

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308166

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy