Description

SO 51 NE WELSH BICKNOR CP COURTFIELD

6/164 Courtfield and adjoining
quadrant wall with
18/5/69 coachway entrance

GV II

House and adjoining quadrant wall with coach arch and pedestrian doorway.
Early C19 rebuilding of earlier house, altered C20. Rendered stone,
slate, hipped roofs. Irregular plan, house broadly rectangular
two rooms deep with central entrance and stairwell with eastern rear
wing extending to north incorporating fabric of earlier house, chapel (qv)
adjoins to north end, quadrant wall adjoins to west return of house.
Regency stucco mansion: two storeys, cellars and attics; string course,
frieze, moulded cornice and blocking course, 2:3:2 windows; C20 2-light
casement windows, central three in forward break with pediment, Ionic
pilasters piercing string course on implied plinth to first floor,
central forward projecting glazed semi-circular porch, Doric columns,
bucrania frieze and cornice with iron railings above forming balcony.
Partly-glazed door, semi-circular headed blank arches with impost band
to ground floor of outer bays, glazing bar sash windows are retained to
rear. Interior: altered, entrance hall with fine stuccoed ceiling ornament
and geometrical staircase, isolated C17 splat balusters remain in balustrad-
ing of staircase in rear wing. Former seat of the Vaughan family, it is
now the retreat of the Mill Hill Brothers. Henry V was nursed here possibly
by Lady Margaret Montague. The house was remodelled c1805 by William Miles
of Ebley near Stroud (Glos.).

Listing NGR: SO5974317482

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Courtfield at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26474048

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)