88, Walcot Street

No. 88 Walcot Street is a building from 1904, designed by Wallace Gill. It is part of the same structure as St Michael's Church House and features random-sized limestone ashlar with wide pointing and a double Roman tile roof. The exterior has a gabled two-storey front with an eight-light mullioned window on the first floor, leaded windows with coloured glass, and a coped gable that faces forward. This gable has a simple stone finial and inverted semicircular dips at the eaves, along with ornamented rainwater heads and downpipes. There is a slit window at the apex and a four-light stone mullioned and transomed window on the first floor. The ground floor has two two-light windows to the right, with two moulded string courses above, and three small leaded overlight windows above a semi-elliptical arch that leads to double doors. The interior has not been inspected and the building is now converted into architects' studios. Together with St Michael's Church House, this building represents an unusual example of Arts and Crafts-influenced style, drawing inspiration from Cotswold vernacular architecture, though it has a more secular character compared to the adjoining church hall, reflecting its different purpose.