Description

SO 8600-8700 MINCHINHAMPTON FORWOOD

19/241 The Shard

II

Detached house. Late C17; altered and enlarged 1923 by Thomas
Falconer. Random rubble and coursed limestone; rubble and ashlar
chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-storey with attic; 2 rear wings.
Front: 4-window fenestration, all 2-light recessed chamfered
mullioned casements, 2 to right being C20 replacements. Continuous
dripmould to ground floor. C20 central doorway with flat stone
porch hood on shaped brackets, double C20 panelled doors. Deep
plastered eaves coving to hipped roof (this rebuilt in 1923,
probably replacing gabled roof). Central gabled dormer with leaded
casement. Gable end of one rear wing set back to right with C20
flat roofed addition. East end: mullioned fenestration to C20
rear wing with oval in gable. West end: single-window
fenestration as to front, hoodmould to ground floor extended round
from front. Projecting rear chimney gable, shaft having moulded
cap, partially obscured by C20 rear wing containing entrance hall
and staircase. Interior not inspected but entirely rebuilt in
1923.
(D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO8708000380

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624639

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