Description

GREAT FARINGDON GLOUCESTER STREET
SU 2895 (north side)

3/27 No 8 (Gloucester House)

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GV II

Earlier C17 rubble stone house with early C19 chequered brick front. 2-storey
and attic, stone tiled roof with large west end wall stack, ridge stack and one
cambered head dormer. Early C19 brick south front 2-storey with parapet,
4-window range of glazing bar sash windows. Gauged brick window heads. Door
with hood on slim brackets and adjoining small later projecting bay. North
front: roughcast and stone with central stair gable with 3-light stone mullioned
windows to 1st and 2nd floors. One window range each side, to left early C18
projection with hipped roof and thick barred sash window to 1st floor in beaded
plain stone surround. To right wall built out to line of central gable. One
16-pane sash above and iron casement with leaded lights below. Rear wing at
west end with large rubble stone end wall stack and 4-light stone mullioned
window on west side ground floor. Modern extension beyond.

Listing NGR: SU2875095582

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300584

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)