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One of the most
interesting
seventeenth
century houses
in Cirencester
M
OORE Allen &
Innocent are
Cirencester is Dunstall House. The front
evidently yearns to be Georgian, but
delighted to have
equally clearly is not. The coarse rubble
received instructions to
stone walling of this front was intended to
be rendered, at present it is too rustic
offer for sale the freehold of looking for so important a site. Excellent
Dunstall House, Park
features are the doorway and the strong
Street, Cirencester.
quoins.
“Within, this is a largely unspoilt Stuart
Located opposite the main entrance
house. There is nothing in the least
to the Mansion, seat of Lord Bathurst,
Georgian about the oak staircase, with
Dunstall House, a grade II listed
ionic capitals crowing the flat balusters.
building, dates from the 17th c with
Beyond is a room with exceptionally
an 18th c frontage. To the rear the
pretty and somewhat unusual panelling It
17th c wings enclose a courtyard
is apparent that already in the seventeenth
beyond which is a walled garden. The
century these wool merchants were
impressive accommodation is on three
sparing no expense in the adornment of
floors with cellars, providing much
their houses” Alec Clifton-Taylor Another
flexibility.
Six English Towns.
A distinct feature of the property is
“Park Street is dominated by Dunstall
the delightful rear garden, fully walled
House, whose nicely proportioned mid-
with central lawn and perimeter
C18 rubble front, of three wide bays with
planting. There is an extensive
quoins and windows with moulded
outbuilding some 30ft x 17ft internal
architraves with oval windows in the
dimension originally stable and tack
basement, disguises a C17 building, with
room. Included in the sale on a 999
gables and ovolo moulded mullioned
year lease is garaging for two or three
windows around a courtyard. Within, fine
cars.
mid-C17 oak panelled rooms, particularly
Dunstall House is being sold through
However, don’t take
that on the ground floor of the rear
the Cirencester office of Moore Allen &
range, with shaped panels, and a beautiful
our word for it…….
Innocent for £1,250,000. For more
contemporary oak staircase, with flat
information or to arrange a viewing, call Teresa
“One of the most interesting
pierced tapering balusters with ionic caps”
Davis or Mark Halliwell on 01285 648100 or
seventeenth century houses in
Verey and Brooks Buildings of England.
log on to www.mooreallen.co.uk
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