Description

BOXWELL WITH BOXWELL VILLAGE ST 89 SW LEIGHTERTON 1/9 Boxwell Court

GV II*

6.9.54 Large country house. C15 or C16 in origin; remodelled and enlarged 1796; mid C19 alterations; further remodelling 1900- 1914. Random rubble limestone; ashlar dressings; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Initially L-plan with large additional cross-wing; 2 storey with attic; extensive cellars. North front: accumulation of features of various dates. Doorway roughly central with open pediment containing fanlight; 6-panel fielded door; tripartite sash above and single sash to right on each floor; sashes with glazing bars missing. Wing to right breaks forward and is 2-window 2-storey with sashes mostly without glazing bars. Parapet with moulded cornice over centre and right projecting wing. Elevation to left reconstructed mid C19 with 2 parapet gables; larger to left with single-window fenestration of 1, 2 and 3-light trefoil-headed casements with hoodmoulds; gable to right also has single-window fenestration but with round-headed lights. Both gables have carved Huntley Boxer dog finials bearing shields. Irregular roof line with sets of 3 diagonal shafts to 2 ridge-mounted chimneys. West elevation: central 2-storey bow with 3 curved sashes to each floor and continuous parapet resulting from 1796 remodelling. Wing to right has 2 single-light ground floor windows and one to upper floor, all with 3-centred arched heads and resulting from early C20 alterations. Bow flanked by 2 parapet- mounted chimneys with 2 diagonal shafts each. South elevation: projecting wings to right and left of centre. Wing to right is gabled with C19 two-light mullioned casements and hoodmoulds in older masonry; gable-mounted chimney with 2 diagonal shafts and ridge-mounted chimney with 3-diagonal shafts set further back along ridge. Wing to left of centre remodelled early c2(1 with small central parapet gable above 3-window facade, gable having inset sundial; fenestration to ground floor is mullioned and transomed with 3-centred arched heads and hoodmoulds; 3-centred arched doorway to right with 3 arched lights forming fanlight. Central part of elevation is early C20 with 4-window fenestration of 2- light mullioned casements with 3-centred arched heads; 2 attic gables each with 2-light casements East elevation: scattered fenestration of C19 date in older masonry. Parapet gable at centre with attic and upper floor 5-light casements with round-headed lights and with hoodmoulds having bold square stops. Further 5- light to left without hood. Courtyard formed by early C20 fortified curtain wall and castillated entrance with machicolated parapets. Left of long projecting service wing fort wall links with Church of St. Mary (q.v.) and is surmounted by bellcote. Interior: indications of earlier house to be found in east half of present building include Tudor-arched doorway in former external wall and two C17 panelled rooms with pedimented doorcases, one room containing stone Jacobean fireplace. Late C18 marble fireplace in room with bow window. Fine top-lit staircase hall also dates from late C18. House has been a possession of the Huntley family since the Reformation, and before that it belonged to the abbey of Gloucester. Stands in secluded valley with extensive box woods. C18 gatepiers at entrance onto Bath road (q.v.). (J. and H.S. Storer, Delineations of Gloucestershire, 1825-7; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979).

Listing NGR: ST8120792715

External Links

• Boxwell Court at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4951999

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