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Gloucestershire / Small Classical Houses in Glos 1680-1760
« on: Saturday 30 May 09 08:51 BST (UK)  »
I am a doctoral student researching small classical houses  and their families in Gloucestershire between 1680 and 1760 ('Modern built houses fit for gentlemen' as one 1755 sales advert put it).  I came upon this site as a result of seeking information about Woodhouse in Temple Guiting/Guiting Power (q.v. that thread for an example).  Woodhouse is one of those houses on my list, which I identified from the National Monuments Record website (www.imagesofengland.co.uk).  The number is 128768.  It is also covered briefly (from an architectural perspective) in the Buildings of England series, Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds, p 395.  I have not yet done a great deal of research on this house, but was doing field work recently to have a preliminary look at it.  I did not know exactly where the house was located and could not find it so the discussion of mapping was very helpful.

In any event, I am particularly interested in identifying further houses and owners/builders similar to this house. The types of places of concern are five to seven bay, double-pile classical houses, ranging between 45 and 70 feet wide.   At the moment I have identified about eighty houses fitting these criteria, but have not always been able to trace the house's builders/owners earlier in the C18. 

If anyone has specific  information about such a small classical house (extant or not), or families who built or occupied them between 1680 - 1760 I would be very grateful.

Please forgive this rather broad post but any leads would be helpful.

Very many thanks,
Stephen

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Gloucestershire / Re: The Woodhouse, Temple Guiting?
« on: Wednesday 27 May 09 08:45 BST (UK)  »
Like others I am new to this thread but found it as a result of seeking information about Woodhouse in Temple Guiting/Guiting Power.  I am a doctoral student at Oxford working on a group of about eighty smaller Georgian houses and their families in Gloucestershire between 1680 and 1760.  Woodhouse is one of those houses on my list, which I identified from the National Monuments Record website (www.images ofengland.co.uk).  The number is 128768.  It is also covered briefly (from an architectural perspective) in the Buildings of England series, Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds, p 395.  I have not yet done a great deal of research on this house, but was doing field work recently to have a preliminary look at it.  I did not know exactly where the house was located and could not find it so the discussion of mapping was very helpful.

In any event, I am particularly interested to know more about the house's builders/owners earlier in the C18, and was fascinated with the work of some of those who have posted messages.  Has anyone traced their ancestry, as residents of Woodhouse, earlier than the 1790s?  If anyone has further information about the history of the house or the families who built or occupied it earlier in the C18 I would be very grateful.

Also, it might interest some that a similar structure that is part of my study, Barton House, located a short distance away at Barton seems to be having expansive building conservation work done (see below).  I wonder if there might have been any connection between the two.  If anyone knows anything about that it would interest me as well.

Finally, would it be worth writing to the Guiting Manor Amenity Trust for further information?

Very many thanks,
Stephen

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