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| HER Number: | MDV96093 |
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| Name: | Gorwell House, Goodleigh Road, Barnstaple |
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Summary
Gorwell House was built circa 1825 for the owner of the Derby Lace Works. Of stuccoed mass wall construction under a slate roof concealed by a parapet.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 572 334 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS53SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Barnstaple |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BARNSTAPLE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DETACHED HOUSE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Gorwell House marked.
Pugh, G., 2011, Goodleigh Road, Barnstaple, Devon, 12, 14 (Report - Assessment). SDV351296.
English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.
Gorwell House, circa 1825. Built for the owner of the Derby Lace Works. Stuccoed mass wall construction; natural slate roof concealed behind parapet; stacks with rendered shaft. Overall L-plan. Main block 2 rooms wide and one room deep with a central entrance passage containing the stair; rear left service wing, partly in separate ownership. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 5-bay front. Parapet above deeply-moulded cornice. Windows with floating cornices on small brackets. Steps up to 7-bay Bathstone Ionic loggia with entablature with moulded cornice and paired columns at either end and to the central doorway, returning for 4 bays at either end. Doorcase with paired pilasters; 2-leaf front door with glazing bars and margin panes. 4 ground-floor French windows with glazing bars and margin panes with external sliding louvred shutters. First-floor windows 2-pane sashes with margin panes and housing for missing shutters. The left return retains some probably original 12-pane sash windows.
Interior: very intact; includes joinery and turned baluster staircase and good plaster friezes and cornices; original chimneypieces. First floor said to have Gothic plaster vaulting.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Marked as Upper Gorwell House, Little Gorwell House and Gorwell House.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV348729 | National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2012. National Heritage List for England. Website. |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #109983 ] |
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| SDV351296 | Report - Assessment: Pugh, G.. 2011. Goodleigh Road, Barnstaple, Devon. CgMs Consulting Report. GP/13482. Digital. 12, 14. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV57986 | Related to: Lower and Upper Gorwell Lodges, Goodleigh Road, Barnstaple (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 4 2013 4:08PM |
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