Description

CHIRTON CONOCK
SU 05 NE
3/61 Conock Old Manor
19.3.62
II
House, late C17 and 1753 for Gifford Yerbury. English bond
brickwork with stone quoins and dressings, slate roof. Two
storeys, cellar and attics. 'L'-plan, comprising a west block of 7
window bays, and rear wing on left of 2 bays containing kitchen,
and single storey service building beyond. Main 7-bay elevation
has central half-glazed door with moulded stone architrave and
timber pediment. Windows 12-pane sashes with moulded stone
architraves with bead moulded arrises, but central window to upper.
floor has round head with raised key and springer stones.
Elevation is raised on stone semi-basement with 2-light chamfered
stone windows to cellars. Raised parapet. Right gable and rear
elevations of this block were not remodelled in mid C18, and retain
stone cross windows in English bond brickwork. Door in second bay,
6-panelled with moulded stone architrave and stone pediment on
simple console brackets. Moulded stone drip mould returns on
kitchen wing, but removed on rear elevation. North elevation as
west front, raised on malmstone plinth, with chamfered stone sill,
and plain plat band. Five bays, with central door with architrave
and flat stone canopy on consoles. Heavy glazing bars to windows.
Date 1753 with end lozenge motifs in vitrified headers between
upper windows. Major external stack to gable of kitchen wing.
Three flat roofed paned dormers.
Interior: Room in north-west corner panelled. Attic stairs have
late C17 balusters.
(V.C.H. X. 65).

Listing NGR: SU0665057418

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26646382

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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