Description

ALVINGTON COURT LANE SO 60 SW (north side) 7/1 Alvington Court - II Manor house or Priory Grange, now farmhouse. C16 with substantial later modifications. Coursed sandstone rubble, long and short quoins to south front only, hipped welsh slate roof with lead dressings. A compact lofty block with lower addition at south-east side, and lean-to with pantile roof north side, a large external stack, stepped at top, and in flat-topped gable wall, 5 flues in limestone, but tops have all been cropped off. Three storeys, chamfered string course at first floor, plain string course just above second floor cill level, considerable plain walling above these windows. East front 3-windowed, all 2-light C19 casements with horizontal bars under segmental voussoired heads and with plain stone cills; south front similar, but 2-windowed, and with 3-light casements at ground floor; north front has at second floor rough pointed arch opening with C19 plank fill, this facade also in rough uncoursed sandstone; west front has large external stack, upper wall and stack rendered, and 2-light chamfered modilion fixed glass casement beside brick blocked opening under very large single stone 4-centred lintol. Late C20 entrance and flat roofed porch to 2-storey extension on south front, and off centre right in east front a C19 4-panel door, part glazed, under plain transom light, and set deep in wall. Walls generally c8OOmm thick. Interior considerably modified. Ground floor has series of very heavy but plain beams C19 or early C20 staircase; at first floor remains of open fireplace with moulded and stopped jambs. Roof not accessible, but probably rebuilt in C19. This may have been on the site of a grange to Llanthony Priory, and still has some striking features, but has lost most of the C16 details.

Listing NGR: SO6101600718

External Links

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