Hillfield House

Hillfield House is a grade II listed house in Denmark Road, Gloucester, in England. The building, in the Italianate style popularised by Charles Barry, is faced in ashlar Bath stone, with a centrally placed tower and a porte-cochère entrance.[1]

Hillfield House
Entrance gates and former lodge to Hillfield House

It was built in 1867–69 by Albert Estcourt to a design by John Giles for the timber merchant Charles Walker,[2] and replaced an earlier house of 1826 known as Woodbine Hill.[3] It once had extensive grounds, but these are now a park known as Hillfield Gardens.[2] It has been described as "a good example of a mid C19 villa, particularly notable for its fine interior"[2] and as the "most elaborate Victorian house in Gloucester".[1] The house is now used as local government offices.[2]

The gates and lodge to the former entrance from London Road are also grade II listed.[4][5]

References
  1. Verey, David & Alan Brooks. (2002). The Buildings of England Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and the Forest of Dean. 3rd edition. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 501. ISBN 9780300097337.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. Historic England. "Hillfield House (1271659)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. Hillfield Gardens. Visit Gloucester. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  4. Historic England. "Entrance Gates to Hillfield Gardens (1245747)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  5. Historic England. "Gate Lodge to West of Entrance Gates to Hillfield Rest Garden (1245738)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

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