Description

ROUNDWAY FOLLY ROAD
SU 06 SW
5/205 Swiss Cottage

II

Shooting lodge with gamekeeper's cottage attached, mid C19, built
for the Colston family of Roundway Park. Timber-frame 2-storey
lodge with decorative split-log cladding, asbestos deep eaves roof
carried over wide 2-storey verandah on timber posts. North end
stack and original barge boards on north end gable. Outside east
side stairs up to verandah balcony. Original leaded windows have
been replaced by plastic double-glazed windows, 4-light to first
floor, 2-light below. Gamekeeper's cottage behind is red brick, 2-
storey in 2 sections, with north end stack and decoratve split-log
cladding on north end section.
Interior: ground floor front room has mid C19 Tudor style
fireplace, first floor room has fine late C18 pant-coloured
fireplace with carved plaque, presumably transferred from Roundway
Park.

Listing NGR: SU0062463296

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26562743

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  For the Record
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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)