Barton Hall

CIRENCESTER

SP0202 GLOUCESTER STREET 578-1/4/167 (South West side) 23/07/71 No.29 Barton Hall

GV II

Former chapel and school hall, awaiting conversion to offices 1990. Early C19 with mid C19 addition to front and C19 additions to rear. Coursed squared limestone, addition in ashlar; Welsh slate roof, gable facing; no visible stack. 3 windows to front are round-headed, with glazing bars; that to centre retains C19 fanlight glazing in top of window, others have C20 glazing. Moulded string over windows continues as coping to gable. Lozenge-shaped plaque in tympanum has lettering CIRENCESTER RDC. Flush quoins to left- and right-angles. Mid C19 single-storey addition to front has two 2/1-pane sash windows in round-headed moulded stone architraves with bold keystone, pilasters to sides and bracketed cills flanking pair of 6-panel doors with simple fanlight in similar surround; shallow plinth; applied Doric order with four pilasters, frieze and moulded cornice; blocking course. Right side has 2 tall round-headed windows with coloured leaded glazing; lean-to addition to rear joining main range to single-storey range to rear has round-headed windows to left and right sides with glazing bars in diamond pattern and coloured glass. Single-storey brick range to rear has concrete tile roof with brick right-end stack; six 2-light chamfered stone-mullion windows with 4-centred arch headed lights, metal casements. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP0206702391