Description

ST 86 SW 6/125
5411

BATH ROAD (West Side),
Frankleigh House, including terrace with parapets and piers

(Formerly listed as The Old Ride School and terrace with parapets and piers at the Old Ride School)

II

Formerly Kingwell Court Boys' School. Large house in its own grounds. C17 (circa 1685) but south and east fronts rebuilt about 1848. Considerably rebuilt and restored but still retains a number of original features, including some chimneys. Main elevation. Ashlar, stone-tiled, highpitched roofs, 2 storeys and attics in 4 gables. Gabled projecting wing to left with 2 storeys square bay and 4-light windows; casements with stone mullions and single transoms. Remainder of facade divided into 3 units by central square porch with room over and on each side an angular bay rising through 2 storeys. Window over door has 4-lights, stone mullions and single transoms, while those in bays have 3 lights with a single light in each angle. All bays are crowned by moulded cornice and embattled parapet. Centre doorway has flattened pointed arch within rectangular dripmould; carved spandrels. Moulded head and jambs. Continuous weathered string at 1st floor level. All gables have pointed finials, attic windows are 2-light casements with stone mullions and flat drip-moulds. Tall, square, ashlar chimney stacks with embattled caps, set diagonally in groups of three. Carved stone eagles at corners of roof and gargoyles along cornice. There is a symmetrical forecourt with strap-work parapet having pointed finials on the dividing piers. Steps from the forecourt lead down to a grass terrace with low surrounding wall having moulded coping and ball caps at intervals.

Listing NGR: ST8214862278

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26646298

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

• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)