Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9273SW GLADSTONE ROAD 930-1/10/35 (West side) 22/06/78 No.35

II

Two cottages, now single dwelling. Late C17/early C18 with early C19 left wing. Limestone rubble with painted ashlar facade, triple-Roman tile gambrel roof hipped and truncated to the rear, stone stacks with brick shafts to left of main block, similar tiles to pitched roofs of wings. PLAN: each cottage was single-unit plan, that to the left was stepped back, infilled to street level early C19. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic to the main block (right), single storey C19 block. Each block is one-window range. A cornice and parapet mask the hipped front to the right-hand block forming an apparent 2nd floor; platbands between floors. Stone mullions with cyma mouldings to a 2-light window to the 2nd floor and similar 3-light windows below. A blocked door to the right has a roll-edged architrave with a moulded hood on brackets. An early C19 3-light window to the left wing has roll-moulded mullions to the outside, chamfered on the inside. C19 glazing of 3 fixed panes and one 2-pane casement to each except that to the left of the door which has small panes and a 4/4-pane sash to the centre. The C20 entrance door is in the left return which has been clad with C20 stretched-bond brick. The rear wall has been reconstructed with C20 windows and door. INTERIOR: the front room in the C19 block, now the entrance hall, has a C19 open fire with a segmental brick arch to the party wall. The room to the rear has a cross-beam with mortices for a floor lower than the present one. An open fireplace against the party wall with early C18 moulded and stopped jambs run-out at the corners of the lintel; the centre of the lintel is of brick similar to that of the C19 front room. The room to the front right has a painted C19 fireplace with ornate consoles. The room above has an axial beam, exposed rafters and a C18 moulded surround to a stone fireplace. The 3-bay roof has exposed butt purlins and rough rafters, the roof-space above the eaves has timber-framing to the rear wall. The room to the rear 1st floor has a cross beam and an unusual C19 cast-iron fireplace, probably French.

Listing NGR: ST9210473085

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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