Summary
A house immediately to the east of the villa inner courtyard, built in the 1860s as a shooting lodge, and accommodation for a site caretaker. The building is two-storey, the lower floor being built of Cotswold stone, the upper having a timber frame infilled with brick, and rendered flush with the frame. The property is currently used as a residence for site staff and maintained on 5-year cycle of external decorations and repairs.
Identification Images (2)
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Mid 19th C to Early 21st century - 1860 AD to 2007 AD (throughout))
- (Former Type) LODGE (Late 19th C to Unknown - 1867 AD (post))
Description
A house immediately to the east of the villa inner courtyard, built in the 1860s as a shooting lodge, and accommodation for a site caretaker.
The building is two-storey, the lower floor being built of Cotswold stone, the upper having a timber frame infilled with brick, and rendered flush with the frame. The roof is a steep double-pitched Cotswold stone tile construction, with the axis running east-west. There is a smaller lower pitched roof on a lean-to porch at the rear of the house. The front (east façade) has a wooden-framed porch with glazing. The windows of the property on the east, south, and east sides are original, the north side is blank, and abuts the museum. The house has 3 rooms and a bathroom on the upper floor, and three rooms on the lower floor although some internal alterations have compromised original layout. A storeroom can be reached via the lean-to porch at the rear of the house (which dates from the 1970s when it was constructed to replace the demolished wash-house) and there is a cellar beneath the north-west corner of the property. The property is currently used as a residence for site staff and maintained on 5-year cycle of external decorations and repairs. The house is currently decorated (externally) in a scheme following that depicted in watercolour painting from 1912.
Although the house and museum share many design features, they were not built as a single unit, the museum post-dating the house.[SNA62028]
References
- SNA62028 - National Trust Report: Atkins Heritage. 2007. Chedworth Roman Villa Conservation Management Plan Gazetteer.
- SNA62036 - Unpublished document: Eric Cole and Partners. 1979. Short Specification of Work to be done outside the rear of the Custodian's lodge at Chedworth Roman Villa.
Other Statuses and References
- HER/SMR Reference (External): 547
Associated Events
- ENA4086 - Heritage Assessment, Alteration to lean-to wash house, C19th house, Chedworth Roman Villa
- ENA4095 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Construction of a lean-to pay point at the C19th house, Chedworth Roman Villa
- ENA4099 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Provision of public toilets at the C19th house, Chedworth Roman Villa
- ENA4111 - Archaeological Intervention, Removal of the wash house to the rear of the C19th house, Chedworth Roman Villa
- ENA73 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Construction of shooting lodge / staff residence, Chedworth Roman Villa (Ref: INT 4)
Associated Finds
None Recorded