Description

PAINSWICK B4072 (east side)
SO 81 SW
Edge
1/26
Horsepools House and
North Horsepools
GV II
Detached house, now in two occupations, one of a pair. Mid to late c19. Lime-
stone ashlar, beaver-tail tile roof to coped gables. Long rectangular plan with
gable to right slightly stepped forward, and additions back left; two storeys
and attic, 4+1 windows. At ground floor is 12-pane sash, then contemporary
porch with arched opening and coped gable with beaver-tail tiles and C19 door,
two 12-pane sashes, and a canted bay with plate glass sashes and hipped tiled
roof; at first floor are three 12-pane sashes with glazing bars, and in the
right gable a small glazed slit. Gable return, left has 2 sashes without bars,
a later porch, now blocked with a 12-pane sash; beyond this a further porch and
a 16-pane sash. Three ashlar stacks, to left gable, at wing junction and right
end, cill to skirts and with moulded cappings. Interior not inspected. One of
a pair of rather grand houses with Little Horsepools (qv), little altered in the
view from the road.

Listing NGR: SO8475910141

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624681

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Recommended Books

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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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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)