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Woodchester Mansion lies hidden in a secluded wooded
valley at Nympsfield, near Stroud.
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The man who had the house built was William Leigh, a
wealthy merchant who come from the north of England
to settle in the Cotswolds.
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One day in 1868, after 16 years of building, the workers
at Woodchester walked out, leaving many of the 27 rooms
unfinished.
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Among their scattered Victorian tools, ladders remain
propped against exposed wals with sections of the hosue
open to the roof.
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Doors lead nowhere and upper corridors end suddenly
at ledges with views to the ground far below, and fireplaces
remain at great heights waiting for floors to meet them.
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Woodchester
Mansion
Nympsfield
Glos GL10 3TS
Tel: 01453 861541
Email: email
visitor@the-mansion.co.uk
Woodchester
is open to the public every Sunday between April
and September, on Saturdays in July and August,
and on Bank Holidays. First tours are at 11am
and last admission is at 4pm
Admission
Adults - £5
Concessions - £4 Children and Friends of the Mansion
- Free
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Ashlar:
dressed stonework where the blocks have squared sides, carefully
squared corners, and are laid in regular courses, usually with fine
joints
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banker is a stonemason's work bench |
Banker:
a stone mason's bench
Boss:
a knob or projection covering the intersection of ribs, usually
decorated or carved, very often foliated (decorated with a leaf
design)
Gargoyle:
a projecting water spout, usually grotesquely carved in the form
of an animal or human figure
Hunky
punk: a West Country term for a carving of an animal squatting
on short haunches
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'hunky punk' is a carving of an animal on its haunches |
Jamb:
the vertical sides of a window or door opening which support the
lintel
Putlog
hole: a hole left in a wall to support a scaffolding pole
Voussoir:
the radiating wedge-shaped block which supports the ribs of surrounding
arches
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