Description

WESTLEIGH SOUTHCOTT
53 42 NE
3/110 Southcott House
GV II
House. C17, extended c.1860. Rendered stone rubble and cob. Gable-ended slate
roofs, with higher ridge level to C19 range. Front lateral hall stack has pair of
diagonally set stone rubble shafts heightened in brick. Brick stack at left end of
C19 range. Stone rubble stack to gable end of rear service wing.
Probably originally 3-room through-passage plan with rear 2 storey service wing,
the lower end later demolished, and partition introduced across through-passage to
form lobby entry. 3 bay C19 wing added at right end.
C17 core has 3 window range, including gabled 2 storey porch which has 6 paned
sashes above central pier dividing recessed doorway to left with fine ovolo moulded
surround with elaborately moulded bar-ogee-scroll stopped durns and 2 panelled
door, and 4 paned sash to right. Two 12-paned sashes to right over a 4-paned sash
to left of two 12-paned sashes. 3 window range to C19 wing, all 12-paned horned
sashes with horizontal sliding timber louvred shutters. Slated gabled roof to
porch at left end. C19 fenestration to rear service wing.
Interior: 2 panelled doors to the majority of rooms to both storeys. Winder
staircase to rear of hall. Inner room has late C17 or early C18 moulded
plasterwork ceiling divided into 2 fields by moulded central beam, formerly with
central roundels to each field, one of the roundels not surviving , and part of the
cornice removed in the rear right-hand corner when access was made into the C19
range. Roof space not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS4690427573

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401386

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)