Description

CHARLTON KINGS

SO9720SW BALCARRAS ROAD 630-1/38/11 (North East side) 14/12/83 Balcarras House

II

House. Late C16 or early C17, remodelled after 1880 for General William Smith and his daughters, C20 additions and alterations. Rendered with renewed tile roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement, and attic to centre and gables, 4 first-floor windows. South-east (garden) facade: off-centre left entrance a C20 part-glazed door, to left are C20 French windows, to right a C20 extension with windows with glazing-bars, to far right an 8/8 sash. First floor has 8/8 sashes in plain reveals and with blind boxes, to left of centre an original chamfered single-light window. Central gable has 3/6 sash. South-west gable-end has single light and a 4-light window to ground floor and a 3-light window on first floor with stone mullions and drip moulds. Basement has blocked 2-light mullion window. INTERIOR: reputed to have been altered. (Paget M (ed), Charlton Local History Society: A History of Charlton Kings: Gloucester: 1988-: 61).



Listing NGR: SO9723120252

External Links

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)