Description

WEARE GIFFARD SS4622 15/215 Weare Giffard Hall 16.1.52 (formerly listed as Weare Giffard (house and gatehouse). GV. I Rebuilt after 1454 for Martin Fortescue; altered in late C16 for Hugh Fortescue, and remodelled, restored and extended to rear in 1832. Uncoursed and coursed slatestone rubble; slate roofs; stone end and ridge stacks; C15 lateral stone stack to front; C19 stone stacks to rear. Two-storey front elevation of 2:2:3 fenestration, which rises in stages along slope. 3-window range to right has truncated lateral stack and tympanum arches over C20 windows. Central 2-window range: early C19 crenellated porch has C15 moulded arched doorway, flanked by label moulds over round-arched lights; bay to right has C15 two-light cinquefoiled-headed window above label mould over window with chamfered architrave; bay to left has C15 label moulds, the lower one with demi-figures to stops, over early C19 two-light cinquefoiled and ogee-headed windows. 2-window range to left: C15 label mould with gargoyle stops over C15 revealed 2-light mullioned window with moulded architrave above early C19 projecting bay which has C15 label mould over 2-light chamfered stone-mullioned window to front and C15 quatrefoil and lozenge-shaped lights in left side wall. Left side wall has early C19 fenestration set in elevation of 1:2:1 bays with gabled projecting wings flanking recessed central hall range; label moulds with various figure stops over two-light mullioned and transomed windows with cusped heads and cinquefoiled ogee heads; the central range has a C15 lateral stack and a fine C15 moulded 2-centred arched doorway to hall, with runnning carvings of trailing foliage. Lateral stack and fine early C19 crenellated porch to rear, with late C15 features; label mould with angels holding shields carved on stops, above 4-centred moulded-arched doorway with vine trails carved in architrave and shields in spandrels; to right is hood mould with head stops over 2-centred moulded arch carving and some C19 plain inserted voussoirs; to left is depressed arch over small early C19 window with trefoiled panels to intrados of C15 rerearch.

Listing NGR: SS4666222134

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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