Description

SO 80 NE BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT -

4/1 Catswood Farmhouse

GV II

Detached farmhouse. Mid C17; late C17 or C18 addition. Ashlar
limestone, random rubble to rear; ashlar chimneys; stone slate
roof. Two-storey with attic; two-storey rear wing with cellar and
attic. West front: 2 full gables with evidence of raising of main
roof eaves. Two-window fenestration, 3-light recessed chamfered
mullioned casements to ground and upper floors, 2-light to attic,
all with hoodmoulds. Central doorway with square-headed opening
and gabled timber porch. Chimney with moulded cap to each gable
end and off-centre single-light upper floor casements. Rear wing:
single half-gable on north and south sides, north with leaded attic
casement with timber lintel, south with window opening blocked.
Mixed fenestration includes several 2-light chamfered mullioned
casements with hoodmoulds. Parapet gabled east end of rear wing
with single-window fenestration.
Interior: stone spiral stair to each gable end. Extended collar
truss roof in rear wing; collar truss replacement,roof to main
range. Set of gate piers of earlier date to south west (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO8853407462

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26383634

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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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)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)