Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW WESTGATE STREET
844-1/8/396 (South side)
12/03/73 No.45
The Tailor House Public House (part)

GV II

Shop and dwelling, now public house linked with No.43 Westgate
Street (qv) as part of the Tailor House Public House. Early
C16 with early C18 and C20 alterations. Timber frame with
stuccoed front, slate roof with tiled ridge, brick stack with
tall ceramic chimney pots. End-gabled range four bays deep,
with gabled wing to rear right.
EXTERIOR: three storeys and attic; on the front the former
gable-end to street masked by mid C18 refronting to four full
storeys; the ground floor refronted c1985 with entrances to
bar room at either side of a large window with C19 fascia
panel above flanked by shaped brackets; on upper floors plain
stuccoed to front of three bays with shallow, moulded crowning
cornice and parapet; on upper floors sashes with glazing bars
of similar size on first and second floors (3x4 panes) and
shorter on third floor (3x3 panes), all with architraves and
projecting sills. Because the front extends beyond the profile
of the attic roof the outer sashes on the third floor are
false with glazing and bars painted on the blocking, central
sash on second floor also false with painted glazing.
INTERIOR: within bar room on ground floor exposed posts,
beams, and joists; on upper floors the framing is mostly
concealed behind C20 linings; attic room in wing at rear has
exposed chamfered and jowelled corner posts to gable-end wall,
and part of an arched brace to the principal rafter on the
west side of an intermediate truss otherwise concealed within
roof space. Extensive cellar with C18 brick barrel vaults,
some stone rubble walling may be part of medieval cellar.
HISTORY: The building was once occupied by the tailor JS
Pritchard who was the inspiration for Beatrix Potter's book
"The Tailor of Gloucester".

Listing NGR: SO8305218644

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Sword at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q24023959

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)