Description

NORTH CADBURY CP WOOLSTON ROAD (South side, off)
ST6327
8/179 North Cadbury Court
24.3.61
GV I

Country House. Circa 1580-1610, built by Sir Francis Hastingsi major alterations c1790;
remodelled internally in early C20 by Tipping. Cary stone cut and squared, Doulting
stone dressings; stone slate roofs between coped gables; ashlar chimney stacks with
moulded tops. Double roof plan with extensions; 3 storeys; north elevation of 4 bays,
each having separate gable with small finial, with 2-storey projections to left of
bay 2 and right of bay 3. Plinth; wave-mould mullioned windows, all with square labels;
4-light windows second floor; on first floor 8-light with two transomes to outer bays
and 4-light single-transome inner bays; to ground floor 4-light single transomed, to
full height in inner bays, small to outer: the bay 2 projection is a porch with plinth,
semi-circular arched opening flanked by pairs fluted Doric pilasters with entablature;
above square panel with the Hastings arms, then a 4-light transomed window; frieze
with triglyphs and dentilled cornice, shaped parapet with semi-circular crown to
centre; inside porch a 20-panelled door in moulded flat arched opening: the bay 3
projection is a square bay window, with 3 lights to side and 6 to front, the ground
floor double-transomed and the first floor single-transmed to match: extension to rear
both sides, and in north-east corner a small C18 single-storey projecting wing of 5
bays, with central pediment and leaded casement windows. Originally 'U'-plan, with
projecting wings southwards, these were adapted and the hollow filled in c1790, and
south facade of this period; long range of 4+3+4 bays, the centre three bays projecting
slightly, and in centre of this a segmental curve bow window, possibly an addition of
c1810. All ashlar: plinth, simple cornice mould and plain solid parapet: above, 12-pane
sash windows in architraves, save for the bow, which has 3 similar windows but with
'Y'-tracery to head; below, 15-pane sashes in architraves, almost to ground level, with
french doors to the five windows of the 3 central bays; two flat roofed dormers in
centre. Interior substantially refitted with quality early C20 work; surviving are a
small newel staircase - the main staircase renewed and relocated - an ornamental
plaster ceiling to one first floor room, several indications of pre-1580 work in
south-west corner, and armorial stained glass of c1580- 1590 in the large bay window of
the north front, now the stairwell. Sir Francis Hastings was a Puritan writer and
pamphleteer, who died in 1610 and is buried in St. Michaels Church (qv) nearby.
(Pevsner N, Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958).

Listing NGR: ST6362527036

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• North Cadbury Court at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7054339

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)