Description

LYDNEY HIGH STREET
SO 60 SW
(west side)
7/108 Althorpe House
- II
Dwelling, now offices. Late C17 or early C19. Rubble, rendered except front
elevation, sandstone plinth, brick dressings, long and short quoins, late C20
box eaves, concrete tile hipped roof. Long, narrow block, 2 storeys, 6-windowed,
not regularly spaced, mainly 12-pane glazing-bar sashes, but bars only to upper
sash in bays 2 and 4 first floor, and bays 4, 5 and 6 ground floor are casements.
Centrally a large 4-column Roman Doric portico with flat entablature and responds
up 5 steps, to two 3-panelled doors under elliptical fanlight. At back is
arched sash stair window.
Interior: Board room, ground floor left, has C19 cornice, circular ceiling
decoration, two elliptical-head recesses. Moulded cornice in entrance hall.

Listing NGR: SO6315603109

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586538

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)