Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9173SW LOWDEN HILL
930-1/8/86 Lowden Manor
22/06/78

II

House. C16 or C17, remodelled early C19 with c1919 south and
west additions in the vernacular style. Roughcast limestone
rubble with freestone quoins and platband below the parapet;
steep-pitched stone slate roof with 2-light casement windows
to 3 C20 hipped dormers; moulded ashlar stacks to former gable
ends. Formerly 3-unit plan, now L-shaped plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics; symmetrical 3-window range to
the main block, 4 windows to the c1919 gabled right wing.
8/8-pane sash windows flank 6/6-pane central windows; that to
the ground floor in the position of a former door, that to the
1st floor is semicircular-arched. A c1919 porch to the left
return has a hipped stone slate roof supported by 3 square
pillars; above it to the right is a timber lintel to a small
C18 window, to the left is a 2-light stone mullioned window.
INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as having carved stops to
chamfered beams and a 4-centred arch, ogee mouldings and
mantle to an open fire.
HISTORY: records of the manor exist from 1258 when Henry III
gave the property to William de Valeree, Earl of Pembroke.
(Chamberlain, Joseph A: Chippenham: Chippenham: 1976-: 20).

Listing NGR: ST9139073219

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558406

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