Number 1 And Attached Railing Bases

CIRENCESTER

SP0202 PARK STREET 578-1/4/258 (North side) 14/06/48 No.1 and attached railing bases

GV II

House. Mid/late C17 with late C18/early C19 alterations. Coursed squared limestone with small addition to centre front of ashlar, brick and stucco over timber-framing. Stone slate roof with Welsh slate on rear wing; rebuilt brick ridge stack and stacks on rear wing. House is L-plan and has large rear wing; 2 gables to street, that to right set back and possibly earlier than larger gabled portion to left. 2 storeys and attic; 4-window range. Two 6/6-pane sashes in C17 ovolo-moulded stone surrounds with stone mullions and transoms cut out to first floor left; one small oval window in late C18/early C19 moulded stone surround to centre; one C17 three-light chamfered stone-mullion window with hoodmould to first floor right. Gable to left has one C17 ovolo-moulded stone mullion and transom window; gable to right has one C17 two-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullion window. Two 6/6-pane sashes in C17 ovolo-moulded stone surrounds with mullions and transoms cut out to ground floor left; one simple 3-light C19 shop window under defaced hoodmould to ground floor right. 6-panel door with fanlight in round-headed opening with moulded stone architrave to centre; C19 former shop door with upper glazed portion now blocked. Moulded strings over ground and first floors in left-hand portion and above windows in both gables; blank oval stone plaque with moulded edge below window in left-hand gable. INTERIOR: enclosed winder staircase with no handrail to first floor; late C17 closed-string dog-leg staircase with heavy turned balusters and continuous newel to second floor. (Second floor not inspected). Ground floor front left has simple late C18/early C19 stone chimneypiece, arched recess with architrave surround to left, dado rail, chamfered beam with run-out stop. Ground floor front right has beam with applied plaster moulding of late C18/early C19 date. Limestone railing bases, railings now missing, to front left.

Listing NGR: SP0202202142