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
