Description

SO 8003 SW LEONARD STANLEY THE STREET
(west side)

12/85 Chapel House

28.6.60
II

Detached house. Late C16; late C18 alterations. Random rubble
limestone, roughcast to front; rubble chimneys; stone slate roof.
Two-storey with attic; single-storey rear wing with cellar.
Front: 2 parapet gables with linking parapet between. Three-
window fenestration, all late C18 mullioned casements with ogee
heads; decorative leading to heads of casements. Three-light
outer windows to ground and upper floors, 2-light at centre to
upper floor, 2-light to attic. Central doorway with projecting
pedimented porch hood on short lengths of entablature with fluted
columns and pilaster responds; 6-panel door with blocked fanlight.
Rear: central parapet gable with single-window fenestration, 3-
light to upper floor, 2-light to attic, both chamfered mullioned
with hoods. Glazed door below in opening with part of hoodmould
disappearing behind later addition to right. Doorway with original
heavy plank door to left. Single-window fenestration beyond to
left, 2-light to each floor. Wing projects forward to right with
projecting gable end chimney. C19 casement on south side of wing;
cellar plank door on north side with casement to left under
combined timber lintel.
Interior: upper floor room has small cupboard with carved Jacobean
door; fleur-de-lys plasterwork on window splays. Turned balusters
to dog leg staircase. Plank and muntin partitions.
(N.M. Herbert, 'Leonard Stanley' in V.C.H. Glos. x, 1972, pp 257-
267)

Listing NGR: SO8025603426

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624809

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