Description

WESTON UNDER PENYARD CP A 40 SO 62 SW

5/98 Weston Hall

18.5.53

GV II*

House. Circa 1600 with earlier remains. Squared sandstone rubble with tile roof. L-plan. Two storeys with attic. Main facade faces north-west and has two bays to each side of gabled porch. Two string courses. Windows, arranged symmetrically, are mullioned with rebate and ovolo moulding. Outer bays have two-storey canted bay windows, each with four lights at the front. Above, under gables, are 3-light attic windows. To each side of the porch there is a 2-light window on both floors. The first floor window of the porch is of three lights, the attic window of two. Above the round-headed doorway is a cartouche of arms and crest of Nourse. The gables are coped with ball finials. Chimneys to right of left-hand bay and projecting from right-hand return wall. The left-hand return wall has two strings, mullioned windows, and two gables with attic windows. Interior: not accessible at time of survey, but when recorded by RCHM had moulded ceiling beams, fire- places with moulded surrounds, and panelling. The south end of the south wing, at the right of the main facade, was said to contain the remains of a timber-framed building and to have a roof partly of C15 date. Formerly known as Lower Weston. (RCHM, p 211).

Listing NGR: SO6264323679

External Links

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