Description

UPPER SLAUGHTER EYFORD SP 12 SW 5/167 Eyford Park 25.8.60 GV II*

Country House. 1910. Architect E Guy Dawber. Ashlar with hipped Cotswold stone roofs, modillion eaves cornice, 4 large ashlar stacks. Half-H plan; English Baroque style. 2 storeys, attic and partial basement. 2 and 3-light flat-headed dormers with keystones; 2:3:2 bays, glazing bar sashes in keyed architrave sur- rounds on cill brackets. Centre bays articulated by Ionic pilasters, on ground floor windows have bracketed segmental pediments and French casements; the pro- jecting wings have corner piers. Ornate cast-iron rainwater heads in late C17 style. North (Entrance)Front: 1:3:1 bays, central stack with modillion cornice, further central stack and chanelled quoins. Central doorway has lugged archi- trave with inset break keystone with initials 'MC & JCC' to pulvinated frieze, swan-neck pediment framing urn and panelled bivalve doors with lozenge-glazed transom light. Oculus above with fruit and flower swags. End bays have open pediments to ground floor windows. Interior: C18 and C19 style fittings of quality.

Listing NGR: SP1466424649

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