1898 – The Court House, Broadway, Worcestershire

“This house, situated in the Cotswolds, some halfmile out of Broadway, is now being built, and incorporated with the new house is the old gate- house or porter’s lodge, which once belonged to the seat of the Sheldon family, who had a beautiful house here in the 17th century. This mansion has now all disappeared, having been used as a quarry for building purposes some long time since. The gatehouse, with its wide archways, dates from about the first quarter of the 17th century, and is interesting as combining in the plan and general detail the earlier traditional work, yet in the semicircular arches of the entrance, the Classical feeling of the impost mouldings, pilasters, and cornices, the effect of the Renaissance is seen. The new house does not aim in any way at being original, as it was felt that the old work should give the keynote of the composition, and effect has been gained by quiet grouping and detail in character with the simple work of the district. The architects are Messrs. E. Guy Dawber and Whitwell, and the contractors Messrs. Cowlin and Son, of Bristol. The drawing is at present in the Royal Academy Exhibition.”
The Building News, May 13 1898