CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Stroud District Council

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CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Conservation Area No7: FRAMPTON ON SEVERN
Detailing in buildings and structures of all statuses is very subtle but extremely important. Simple ornamentation such
as dentil courses under the eaves are very common, usually just comprising projecting brick headers, although dogs
tooth courses are also seen, where the bricks are laid to jut out at a zig-zag angle.
Windows, and often doors, of the simpler houses have segmental arched heads picked out in one or two curving
courses of bricks. These may be of a different colour or type of brick for contrast. In these buildings, painted wooden
framed casements with narrow glazing bars are typical. The whole window frame, with integral sill, was simply slotted
in with very little recess within the brick reveals.
Sash windows, reflecting a move away from the pure vernacular building style to the more symmetrical, classically
detailed ‘polite’ style, are to be found in buildings of the same date as those with casements. Rather than arched
heads, they tend to be square headed with stepped vousoirs, essentially a flat arch, with a prominent key stone. There
are examples where the vousoirs have been painted in alternating colours, usually back and white. If windows are
the eyes of a building, these are definitely the eyelashes!
In houses featuring sash windows, six or, later, four- panelled front doors are the norm, another move away from the
local vernacular which typically had simple plank doors.
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