Description

PAINSWICK SHEEPSCOMBE
SO 81 SE
2/290 The Grange
GV II
Detached house. Later C18 and C19. Ashlar, squared and coursed and rubble
limestone, plain tile, but stone slate to main front slope, concrete tile to
wing. A front range with later parallel block, and a C19 'Tudor' wing, back
left. Front is symmetrical 2-window, 2 storeys and attic. At ground floor,
left a large 30-pane sash, and right a 12+30+12-pane flat roofed canted bow with
sashes. First floor has 16-pane sashes under two 2-light small-paned gabled
dormers. Central gabled low-pitched porch to segmental-headed opening with pair
of margin-bar half-glazed doors; small arched lights to return. Right gable, to
road, is plain; lofty ashlar gable stacks. Back of block is mid C19 in 2
storeys with a 'Tudor' opening to hood-mould and at first floor a 3-light case-
ment with cusping to a gable with a square sunk panel with circle, and a cross
slit. Left return from front has a 2-light casement over 16-pane sash, and,
right, door with hood-mould. Wing to left is in a 'Tudor' style, 2 storeys, 2
windows, 2-light chamfer-mullion casements, also a 3-light with pointed heads to
lights, hood-mould, and a shield beneath a six-pointed star and crown. Door is
good 3-panel top glazed, in 4-centred head. Interior not inspected, but some
inner shutters remain.

Listing NGR: SO8917210361

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624427

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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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: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas