Description

SO 94 SW BESFORD BESFORD
Besford Court
9/15
11.2.65.

GV II*

Early C16 timber frame and plaster on stone foundations. A regular 2-storey
block with central moulded wood arched gateway containing original studded
door. Above the entrance is a projecting gabled bay carried on soffit
timbers and curved brackets, This has a moulded wood mullioned and transomed
8-light window above a plaster cove, and the gable-head has enriched barge
boards. The main block has 4 moulded wood windows, the upper ones mullioned
3-lights with transoms and pediments, all C17. The upper storey of the
sides oversails. Substantial stone wings of 1912 in good "Tudor" style.

All listed buildings at, and including, Besford Court, form a group.

Listing NGR: SO9146645237

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548796

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair