Description

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ST315874 COTHAM PARK, Cotham
901-1/35/1162 (North side)
04/03/77 No.16
Ashley Down House
(Formerly Listed as:
COTHAM PARK
(North side)
No.16
Cotham Lodge)

GV II

Marked on OS as Cotham Lodge.
House. c1850. Limestone ashlar, ashlar gable stacks and a
slate hip roof. Double-depth plan. Italianate style. 2 storeys
and attic; 3-window range.
A symmetrical front articulated forward slightly at the ends
and centre, with banded rustication to the ground floor to a
cornice, paired first-floor Tuscan pilasters to the projecting
sections, a frieze, modillion cornice and parapet between
dormer openings.
A deep, central, flagged Corinthian portico has 2 pairs of
columns to an entablature, over a doorway with an architrave
to a 2-leaf half-glazed door. Tripartite ground-floor windows
have 6/6-pane sashes down to the ground, flanked by 1/1-pane
sashes; first-floor windows above have shouldered architraves
and console cornices to 6/6-pane sashes.
To the right is a lower windowless block with projecting
centre, rusticated ground floor and panelled first floor, a
central niche and a C20 inserted 2/2-pane sash to the left
end.
Left return in 3 sections articulated by paired pilasters, has
the pedimented centre break forward with an eagle on top, and
a single-storey stone conservatory with tall casements with
glazing bars, and a balustrade.
INTERIOR: C20 glazed screen to a large central hall with
modillion cornice, divided by a flat arch on acanthus consoles
from a good open-well stair with moulded string and soffit,
cast-iron balusters, and curtail with wreathed rail; back
stairs to the right have stick balusters and column newels;
6-panel doors with panelled reveals, a good stained-glass rear
stair window, and 8-panel shutters.

Listing NGR: ST5852274103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502822

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Recommended Books

• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2