Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW WESTGATE STREET
844-1/8/390 (North side)
23/01/52 No.30

GV II

Merchant's house, later shop and dwelling, now offices. Early
C17, altered in C19 and C20. Stuccoed timber frame painted
white, front gabled; plain tile roof, brick stack. A range at
right angle to street with rear wing.
EXTERIOR: three storeys, cellar and attic. The front on the
ground floor has a recessed late C20 glazed front, above the
gabled front to the upper floors is jettied at from
first-floor level; on each of the first and second-floors
three plain, horned sashes, and a similar, slightly smaller
sash in the gable, all in openings with timber architraves and
projecting sill boards. Originally the front was jettied at
first and second-floor levels.
INTERIOR: not inspected, but known to contain timber-framing
exposed and recorded c1980; the cellar, re-walled in brick in
C19, was excavated in 1977 when the moulded base of a Roman
column on a rectangular plinth was discovered below the front
foundation.

Listing NGR: SO8310118640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537990

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas