Description

1. MOUNT PLEASANT
875-/1/10008 (North side)
No. 1

GV II
Headmaster's house. c1847. Squared limestone, lateral and ridge stacks, and stone slate roof.
Domestic Tudor Revival style. One storey with attic; 2-window range, with porch at angle
with projecting right-angle gable. Gabled porch with chamfered one-light window above
plank door set in 4-centred arched surround. 2-light stone mullioned window above set in
gabled half dormer with decorative carved bargeboards. Simlar bargeboards and mullioned
windows to right-hand gable, which has oriel window set above 2-light window with 4-
centred arched heads. Interior not inspected.
Historical note: Probably built at the same time as the adjoining school (qv) and built in a
matching architectural style. There were grants for headmaster's houses from 1843. Forms
a good group with the school and the church (qqv)

Listing NGR: ST8284261337

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552851

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Care and Repair