Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW NORTHGATE STREET 844-1/8/223 (South side) No.62

GV II

Merchant's house, now shop and former dwelling. Probably C15, with substantial alterations of various dates, principally C18 and C20. Encapsulated timber frame, brick, slate roof with central offset in lateral ridge, flat roofed dormers. Front block with later extension to rear. EXTERIOR: single storey and attic; on the ground floor a late C20 shop-front with plain brick wall painted white above to eaves level; two roof dormers, one to left and one to right of centre, each with double casements. INTERIOR: in 1993 original timber-framing underbuilt in brick exposed during repairs in the north and south gable-end walls and lateral walls of the front block; framing includes parts of storey posts, beams at the original lower first-floor level, and diagonal struts; also portions of a central open truss including principal rafter, collar tie clasping purlin, and mortice for wind brace, all indicating a former first-floor chamber.





Listing NGR: SO8330418689

External Links

• Wikidata Q26538221

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)