Description

ST 68 NW OLVESTON TOCKINGTON

8/223 Tockington Manor School

G.V. II

House now school. C16, asymmetrical entrance front built c.1712 by a Mayor of
Bristol, c.1780 and C20 additions and alterations. Rubble with stone and brick
dressings including rusticated quoins, slate roof with gable stacks, double
Roman tiled rear additions. T-plan, now infilled. 3 storeys and 6 windows,
all 12-pane sashes with thick glazing bars, moulded frames and gauged brick
segmental heads, 5 windows at 3rd floor of 6 panes in same surround, 3rd bay
from right has polygonal buttressed 2-storey porch with hipped roof, sash at
1st floor as on front, segmental headed opening with panelled and glass door;
east side has varied windows and C20 single storey extensions, west side has
gable end of original house built up to parapet of c.1780 rear addition of
2 storeys and 5 windows, all large sashes with gauged brick head and surround,
2nd from right at ground floor has French window replacing lower sash, cornice
and parapet. Rear has 4 windows as on west side, C20 single storey extensions
with gable end. Interior: entrance hall and west room have pine panelling,
dentil cornice and chair rail, east room has Jacobean panelling, 4-panelled
doors and shutters, late C18 staircase hall lit by lantern with geometrical
glazing bars, open string stair with wreathed handrail, 1st floor west room oak-
panelled with S-shaped hinges to cupboard doors. (Sources: Verey, D. :
Buildings of England, Gloucestershire : The Vale and The Forest of Dean. 1970).

Listing NGR: ST6113586625

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606993

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)