Description

CHARLTON KINGS

SO9720SW BALCARRAS ROAD
630-1/38/10 (North East side)
14/12/83 Balcarras Court

II

House. c1850. For Revd JFS Gabb. Pinkish-brown brick in
Flemish bond with red brick dressings and slate roof, iron
verandah. Double-depth plan with central hallway.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows, with left return
of 2-storeys and basement, 4 first-floor windows. Main facade:
central entrance a C20 part-glazed door. 8/8 sashes
throughout, larger to ground floor, with louvred shutters.
Verandah to ground-floor has stick stanchions. Hipped roof. 3
stacks with cornices.
INTERIOR: open-well staircase has rod-on-bobbin balusters and
wreathed handrail; further staircase visible at rear. Marble
fireplaces to left room, otherwise not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Revd Gabb bought Balcarras House (qv) in
1844, and built Balcarras Court on the site of the old
stables.
(Paget M (ed), Charlton Local History Society: A History of
Charlton Kings: Gloucester: 1988-: 60).

Listing NGR: SO9736320197

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666241

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)