History

A C17 gentry house, probably originally L-shaped but of which only the parlour wing has survived. The original hall range was probably replaced in the C18 to create a centrally planned house. Later extension of service rooms, completed by the time of the 1837 Tithe map, linked the house to a previously detached C17 or C18 dovecote. The house was known as Glascwm Court from the mid C19 to the 1960s.

Exterior

A house of whitened rubble stone, slate roofs with cusped barge boards, gable stack to the R and 2 lateral stacks to the L-hand gabled bay, all with blue- and yellow-brick shafts. Its front comprises a 2½-storey gabled bay occupying the centre and L, incorporating the entrance and constituting the parlour wing of the C17 house, and 3-storey 2-window C18 extension to the R, the two parts being separated by a vertical joint. Windows are mainly 2-light casements incorporating leaded lights. The gabled bay has a fielded-panel door on its R side, incorporating 2 small glazed panels, and a 2-light window to its L under a hood mould. The upper storey has 2 similar windows but with eroded drip moulds, and 3-light attic window also under a drip mould. On the R side are 2-light windows in the lower and middle storey and 2 similar windows in the upper storey beneath the eaves.

Further R is a lower C19 gabled link, with 2-pane sash window in the lower storey and similar sash to an oriel window above. The former dovecote at the R end has a camber-headed boarded door in the lower storey. Its upper storey is corbelled out and has a small window, under a pyramidal roof. The R side wall of the dovecote, facing the road, has a blocked segmental window, and small-pane window in the lower storey under a flat arch.

Behind the dovecote is a 2-storey C19 service wing with 2-light windows in each storey facing the road, and 2-light windows in its rear gable end. The rear of the main house has a late C20 conservatory, and 2-light upper-storey window. The gable end of the former parlour wing projects forward to the R and has added raked buttresses. It has a 2-light and 1-light window in the lower storey, a 2-light window to the R side of the upper storey, with corresponding blocked window on the L side, and small attic window. The side wall of the gable bay is built into the bank

Interior

The central entrance hall created in the C18 has a dog-leg stair with turned newels. On its R side is an exposed close-studded partition with evidence of a former door head, probably the original partition between hall and parlour and the most convincing evidence of the existence of an earlier hall. The room to the L of the entrance, the original parlour, has an ovolo-moulded spine beam. The room behind it, probably originally a kitchen, has a fireplace with timber lintel. The room to the R of the entrance also has a fireplace with a large timber lintel.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special architectural interest as a C17 regional house with significant C18 improvement, of definite quality and character.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29487630

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair