Cecily Hill House And Attached Wall And Gates

CIRENCESTER

SP0102 CECILY HILL 578-1/3/55 (North side) 14/06/48 No.32 Cecily Hill House and attached wall and gates (Formerly Listed as: CECILY HILL (North side) No.32) (Formerly Listed as: CECILY HILL (North side) Garden wall and Gate Piers to East of No 32)

GV II

House. Mid C18 with later alterations. Coursed squared limestone rubble; hipped stone slate roof. 2 stone lateral stacks on gablets to rear. Front range of house is Palladian villa with pedimented centre; C19 extension to rear. 3 storey 5-window range. Five 6/6-pane sashes in plain reveals to first floor; 5 similar 3/3-pane sashes to second floor. 4 similar sashes with stone cills to ground floor; 6 panel door with 3 pane overlight in eared architrave with heavy keystone to centre. Rusticated quoins to ground floor left and right angles; plat band over ground floor. Cill bands to first and second floors break forward beneath each window. Modillion cornice and shallow pediment continue break forward of centre 3-window portion of building. Lead covered blocking course. INTERIOR considerably altered; mid C18 staircase with later alterations, 1st floor rear left room has early-mid C19 chimneypiece and cornice. Basement left room has 2 beams with small chamfers. Quality of exterior masonry and projection of all ashlar mouldings indicate that house was originally intended to be rendered. Attached wall to right approximately 1.5-2m high is coursed squared limestone with limestone coping ramped up to form gate piers with ball finials to centre, pair of C20 timber gates. The wall and gates piers were listed 23.7.71.

Listing NGR: SP0192502154