40 And 42, Cecily Hill

CIRENCESTER

SP0102 CECILY HILL 578-1/3/58 (North side) 14/06/48 Nos.40 AND 42

GV II

House, now 2 dwellings. Mid C18 with C17 origins and C19 alterations. Coursed squared limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; stone slate hipped roof to main range; ashlar left- and right-end stacks. Palladian villa with lower flanking wings; that to right now separate dwelling, No.40. Earlier range to rear makes centre portion double-pile plan. Main portion (No.42) is 3-storey 3-window range. First floor has three C19 6/1-pane sashes; three 3/3-pane sashes above. Two 6/6-pane sashes in moulded stone architraves to ground floor. C19 nine-panel door with top 3 panels glazed under single-pane overlight in moulded stone doorcase with pediment supported on moulded brackets to centre. Rusticated quoins to ground floor left and right angles; plat band over ground floor. First floor cill band now cut through by lengthened windows; cill band to second floor windows. Moulded stone cornice and coped parapet. Wing to left (also No.42) is 2-storey 2-window range; first floor has 2 blind openings; blind doorway and pair of C20 garage doors to ground floor. Cill band to first floor; blind oculus in implied open pediment formed by raking cornice. Parapet with moulded stone coping. Similar wing to right (No.40) is 2-storey 3-window range; three C20 two-light timber casements to first floor; one similar window to ground floor and one 3-light casement in late C18/early C19 round-headed opening with blind upper part with intersecting glazing bars. 6-panel door with upper 2 panels glazed. Cill band to first floor; blind oculus in implied open pediment formed by raking cornice. Parapet with moulded stone coping. No.40 rebuilt late C20 behind front wall. INTERIOR of No.42 much altered C19 and C20. Mid-late C17 range to rear has plastered beams with broad chamfers and run out stops with broad nick. C18 chimneypieces in second floor left and right rooms; C19 marble chimneypiece in first floor right room; all with C19 Gothic grates.

Listing NGR: SP0188602149