Description

PAINSWICK GYDE ROAD
SO 8610/8710
(west side)
6/118
Nos 7 and 8, Gyde
Almshouses
GV II
Pair of almshouses in group of ten. 1913 by Sidney Barnsley, under Will of
Edwin Gyde. Dressed squared limestone, concrete tile roof. L-plan, each house
with front-facing full-height gable, No 8 with original slightly lower extension
to right, twin gables at back, to Gyde Road. l½ storeys, 2-light chamfer-
mullion casements, but one 3-light at ground floor to No 7, and to stopped.
Dips at ground floor; a little leading remains. Good original plank doors, far
left to No 7 and in internal angle to No 8 in slightly cambered deep-chamfered
surrounds; further door in late C20 gable porch to right gable No 8. At back of
No 7 a large external stack with offsets; two ridge stacks to return block. At
back, at road face; various small single light casements. One of five pairs in
slightly varied designs, in the best Cotswold tradition. (Hyett, F A, Glimpses
of the History of Painswick, 1928).

Listing NGR: SO8670910272

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26684237

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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