Description

ST 79 SE
3/201 WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE WORTLEY

Wortley House

II*

Large detached house. Early C18. Rendered overall, stone slate roofs. Parallel
ranges, hipped roofs with central valley, modillion cornice to main facade, otherwise
plan fascia board; large lateral rendered stacks. Three storeys, five windowed -
grouped two plus three - sashes with glazing bars in moulded surrounds and bull-nose
cills. Late C18 door surround half columns, pediment breaks into cill above, good
panelled door. Back facade contains very large venetian window with rectangular small
panes of old glass in leading.
Interior: principal stair with twisted balusters, square newels, in three flights,
carried across venetian window. Ground floor rooms delicate dado rail and trim,
panelled and moulded C18 and early C19, doors.
Attached kitchen wing predates main house
See Lindley, pp 269 seq.

Listing NGR: ST7657691796

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538456

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy