Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8218SE SPA ROAD 844-1/11/307 (North side) 25/01/52 No.17 Maitland House

GV II

House, now offices. c1820, C19 and C20 alterations. By Thomas Rickman for Alexander Maitland, a former London merchant. Stuccoed brick, hipped slate roof. Rectangular double-depth block with rear wing to right and later addition to rear left. EXTERIOR: two storeys; symmetrical front of three bays with offset plinth, string course at first-floor sill level, crowning cornice and parapet; on the ground floor a central entrance porch in the Roman Doric order, at each of the outer corners of the porch a square pier and column in antis supporting entablature with laurel wreaths moulded on the frieze, and blocking course; within the porch recessed entrance doorway with rectangular fanlight; on each side of porch a tripartite window, with later C19 horned sashes all framed by a plain architrave shouldered on the outer sides, moulded cornice, and projecting stone sill; on the first floor three later C19 horned sashes in original openings with moulded architraves and sills projecting on the line of the string course. INTERIOR: not inspected. Porte cochere formerly extended to meet railings (demolished mid C20).





Listing NGR: SO8292618013

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