Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8317 MONTPELLIER 844-1/15/214 (South side) 10/11/89 North Villas Nos 1 and 2

GV II

Pair of semi-detached houses. c1825. Brick, stuccoed to front and rear, slate roof, brick stacks. Mirror image, double-depth block with a recessed entrance wing on each side. EXTERIOR: three storey block and two storey entrance wings. Symmetrical front, on the ground floor of the main block channelled rustication, on the upper floors giant pilasters at the corners and in the centre supporting the crowning modillion cornice. On the ground floor of each house a late C19 plate glass sash framed in an original opening with a raised moulded architrave and a segmental pediment, the tympanum decorated with ribbed stucco, which is supported on moulded end-brackets; on the first floor of each house a sash with glazing bars framed in an opening with moulded architrave and a triangular pediment, each sash giving access to a balcony with a decorative stucco balustrade; on the second floor of each house a sash with glazing bars framed in an opening with a moulded, eared architrave; on the recessed front of each side wing front a glazed, lean-to entrance porch with decorative wrought-iron standards; each doorway in an opening with a decorative fanlight and a six-panel door; on the first floor of the front of each wing a sash with glazing bars (3x4 panes) in an opening with a gauged brick, flat arched head and giving access to a balcony with a decorative, bow-fronted wrought-iron balustrade; on the rear elevation on the first floor each house has a sash with glazing bars (3x4 panes) giving to a similar balcony. INTERIOR: each house noted as having open well staircases with stick balusters, and other original joinery and fittings including fireplaces and panelled doors and shutters.





Listing NGR: SO8316617964

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5