Quenington House, Quenington, Gloucestershire

Image: © Oswald Bertram Taken: 30 Jun 2015

Large detached house, recorded in 1862 as a farmhouse on the Hatherop Estate. Late C18/early C19. Ashlar front with chamfered plinth and alternating flush quoins, on coursed rubble stone, stone slate roof, stone end stack to right and external to left, with offset and moulded cornice. Single front range of 2 storeys and attic, with 2-storey rear wing to right and single storey rear section to left, and attached former farmbuilding to left along street frontage. Four windows, 12-pane sashes in shallow reveals with sloping flush sills, 3 on ground floor with stone doorcase in bay 2 from left with attached Doric columns on bases, plain frieze with roundel over each column, moulded cornice and blocking course. Double doors of 4 fielded panels each with small oval lights cut into top pair. Two gabled dormers, set at each end, with stone slate-hung gables and paired 6-pane casements. Panelling visible on inside window reveals on ground floor. Outbuilding to left has 3-light wood mullion window at loft level, and left hand gable end has flight of 10 stone steps up to half-glazed door, recessed with timber lintel, with four rows of dove holes and stone perches in apex of gable. (Source:Historic England)

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