Description

BECKFORD CP GRAFTON SO 9837 - 9937 11/45 12/9 Norman Cottage 30-7-59 GV II*

Chapel, now house. C12 with mid-C17, mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Limestone rubble with thatched roof. Rectangular plan having large C17 external chimney with offsets and partly rebuilt ashlar stack adjoining to south-west. Single storey and attic with dormers. South front elevation: two ground floor 2-light C19 casements, two eyebrow dormers with 2-light C19 casements; lean-to C20 glazed porch to left of centre, adjacent to external chimney, with ledged and battened door within. East gable end incorporates a C12 archway. In west gable end is an attic light above which survives the jambs of a former C12 opening. There are also the remains of another C12 opening beneath the eaves in the north wall. C20 brick lean-to outshut at west gable end. Interior: C12 east archway has survived. On ground floor the shafted jambs with moulded bases and cushion capitals are visible. On attic floor detailing of archway survives intact and has a cable moulding to the abaci, a double-quirked angle roll and a quirked hollow chamfered hood- mould. The C12 north, west and east walls survive and are 2 feet 8 inches thick and there is a splayed base to the west gable. The south wall was rebuilt in the C17, a few feet north of the original wall when the building was converted to a dwelling. It is recorded as being the nave of the former chapel at Grafton which was broken into by local men and damaged beyond repair in 1543. Excavations have revealed the foundations of the chancel and the original plan of the nave. [W H Knowles: The Recently Discovered Church at Grafton near Beckford and the Churches of Great Washbourne and Stoke Orchard, Transcriptions of the Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society, Vol XLIII: VCH 8, p 259 and 261 (Gloucs)].

Listing NGR: SO9862137303

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets