Description

SO 8104 STONEHOUSE RYEFORD

10/190 Ryeford Lodge and Ryeford Cottage

II

Formerly detached house, now 2 houses. Attached cottages on north side are not of special interest. Late C16; early-mid C18 refronting; late C19 alterations. Red brick with ashlar dressings; timber framing; brick and rebuilt artificial stone chimneys; Welsh slate roof. Two-storey with attic; 3-storey rear wing. West front: 5-window fenestration, all with gauged brick flat arches and projecting keystones, with short cornice moulding to upper floor keystones. Formerly 12-pane sashes, all replaced with early C20 casements. Central doorway with flat timber porch hood on shaped brackets; 8-panel fielded door. Stone plinth and stone upper floor plain band. Small Gothic doorway in screen wall to right. North end: C19 brick gable. Two attic casements with stone lintels. South end: partially ashlar gable with large formerly projecting chimney stack now flush with left half of end wall brought forward; various drip moulds. Brick to right half of end wall on original line. Side of rear wing has large brick-filled panels of timber framing on upper floor; rendered to ground floor with C19 casement. Rear: large low-pitched brick gable on random rubble base; smaller gable to right. C19 segmental arched casement fenestration; large attic casement with timber lintel. Stone-coped battlement top to attached brick retaining wall with blocked Gothic arch. Interior: compartmental beam ceiling with deep chamfers to principal room with large late C16 moulded stone fireplace having trefoil-ended side panels. Former rear external wall visible on upper floor with large area of close studding having middle rail and Tudor arched doorway; to right area of square framing with similar doorway. Late C18 or C19 roof structure. Probably built as the mill owner's house for Ryeford Mill, records of which show a site dating back to the medieval period.

Listing NGR: SO8143804618

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)