Description

COLERNE WATERGATES
ST 8271
8/321 Vale Court
20.12.60
II

House, apparently C17, much extended c1925, rubble stone with stone
tiled roofs. Two and a half and 3-storeys. Original house is L-
plan with coped gables and end wall stacks. Front range has 2-
window range of 3-light cyma-moulded mullion windows with string
course between to first and second floors and ground floor built
out in rock-faced masonry, probably late C19 with reused late C18
Adam style porch with 2 columns and fluted frieze. Return has 2-
light cyma-moulded second floor window to east face. South end has
added south wing with coped south gable, large east side stepped
buttress and earlier C20 Tudor-style windows and door. South end
has later C20 stone 2-storey canted bay with mullion and transom
windows. On west side of wing, single storey early C19 ashlar bow-
fronted room with glazing bar windows. West side of house has 2-
window range of mullion windows hoodmoulds to first floor. Cyma-
moulded except for first floor left 3-light recessed ovolo-moulded
window. C20 ground floor 5-light window. Added to east is large
c1925 wing, built for Wills family with outside east end stack, 2-
storeys, 3-window range of mullion windows. Ground floor centre
mullion and transom window and, to right, a 2-storey bay with
mullion windows above and mullion and transom windows below.
Interior: much restored, fine c1925 REnaissance style hall
fireplace, stone with carved frieze of lions and griffins and
carved surround. Rear room of c1925 range has small stone Tudor-
arched moulded fireplace, re-used and south wing has Tudor-arched
fireplace re-used from elsewhere in house. 6-panel doors to early
C19 south west room and panelling within. House said to date from
c1590.

Listing NGR: ST8204271052

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26273796

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)