Description

DURSLEY KINGSHILL LANE
ST 79 NE
(north side)
2/16 Kingshill House
23.6.52
II*

Formerly large country house, now local authority offices. 1705
(date plaque in roof) remodelled late C18 for Purnell family;
c1880 additions and alterations for Edwin Eyre. Ashlar limestone;
marlstone with ashlar limestone dressings and brick to rear parts.
Ashlar chimneys; stone and Welsh slate roofs. Front block of 2
storeys with attic and cellar; 2-storey wing running back at rear
to form L-plan; 2-storey service wing in angle. Front:
asymmetrical but with central pedimented break forward.
Fenestration 2:1:3:2. Chamfered rustication to ground floor and
plain band above linking with central keystone of each window.
Plain upper floor windows with incised architraves, except for 2 on
left with moulded architraves. All ground and upper floor windows
with C19 four-pane sashes. Four 6-pane attic sashes; outer attic
window positions blocked. Chamfered quoins; mutule enriched
cornice, mutules slanted in pediment; plain parapet topped by
enriched urns. C19 single-storey flat-roofed porch with Doric
pilasters and entablature; rusticated masonry, moulded and keyed
architraves to round-arched door with fanlight and 6-panel door.
Small round-arched side windows. North-west side: asymmetrical.
Two-storey canted bay window to right with moulded architraves to
4-pane sash in each face except for central ground floor opening
with glazed doors; mutule enriched cornice and parapet over with
floral panels. Two-window sash fenestration left with moulded
architraves. Cornice and plain parapet continues across facade as
on front. Two-storey C19 addition to left projects forward with
hipped roof and central pediment, all in stucco with ashlar
dresssings. South east side: roughcast blank wall with small
single-storey addition. Rear: back walls of C19 addition in
brick. Marlstone service wing with limestone dressings to sash
fenestration.
Interior contains many features dating from alterations of late C18
and c1880. Entrance hall has Ionic columns lining approach to
staircase hall; also contains C20 wooden classical fireplace.
Room to right has late C19 Mannerist fireplace, and late C18
doorcases with fluted architraves and enriched entablatures. Hall
with open well staircase having barleysugar balusters. Arcading
to sides of upper hall incorporating shell-hooded niches. Date
plaque in roof: 'P/TA/1705' fixed to surviving roof structure of
gabled house concealed by late C18 remodelling. Many dividing
partitions inserted into principal rooms, but all doorcases,
fireplaces and cornices remain intact. Stood in landscaped grounds
now occupied by 1930's housing.
(A. Best et al, An Historical Survey of Dursley, 1985)

Listing NGR: ST7526899034

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538166

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