10 And 12, Dollar Street

CIRENCESTER

SP0202 DOLLAR STREET 578-1/4/114 (East side) 14/06/48 Nos.10 AND 12

GV II

House, now offices. Late C17 and early/mid-C18 with later alterations. Stucco to front, coursed squared limestone rubble to sides and rear; artificial slate roof; rebuilt brick left- and right-end stacks. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. Five 9/9-pane sashes with crown glass in moulded architraves with projecting cills to first floor. Ground floor has large late C19 shopfront with 3 windows divided into large panes by vertical moulded glazing bars; C20 glazed doors with overlights. 3 moulded pilasters to each side and centre with elaborately carved console brackets above supporting moulded cornice over fascia. To ground floor right, pair of 5-panel doors in moulded architrave and 4/4-pane sash to far right in moulded architrave similar to first floor windows. Two gabled dormers with C19 two-light timber casements. Moulded timber eaves cornice. Coursed squared limestone rubble wing to rear left has one 4-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion and transom window to each of ground and first floors, to first floor with some leaded lights. Stuccoed wing to rear right and rear of main range have timber arcade to ground floor, now filled in, of Doric columns without bases on padstones, probably full round section but now incorporated into wall, supporting simple frieze and cornice. To left side return of rear wing, angle between columns and frieze filled by shaped boards extending under frieze towards centre of bay and terminated by square section pointed pendants; similar pendant visible inside rear hall of main range. Some timber of arcade apparently renewed. INTERIOR has early C18 well staircase from ground to second floor with two turned balusters to a tread and shaped tread-ends; ridged and cornice handrail ramped up to landings; responding dado panelling. Boxed-out beams with run moulding in ground floor front left and staircase hall; chamfered beams with run-out stops with broad notches on first and second floor landings over staircase. Trenched purlin roof.

Listing NGR: SP0223202205