Description

ST BRIAVELS BIGSWEIR
S)O 50 SW
5/129 Bigsweir House
7.8.54
- II
Detached country house. Mid C18. Cut and squared sandstone over chamfered offset
plinth, hipped Welsh slate roof to moulded wood eaves cornice, end stacks, left
in brick and right in stone; deep back wing is sandstone rubble with Welsh slate
roof. 2½ storeys and basement, 5-windowed, 3 small 2-light hipped dormers over
12-pane sashes with broad sash boxes to stone voussoirs and stone cills; in basement,
left, a 2-light chamfered mullion casement and right similar set back from segmental
head. Central pair C20 glazed doors in sandstone Roman Doric portico with pediment
approached by 8 steps with nosings in low walls flared to piers with broad moulded
cappings and urns. To right a flat-roofed C20 extension. Left return has one bay
as front plus blank opening. Back wing is 2 storey, built into land-slope becomes
one storey. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO5385604504

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416844

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)