3, Gosditch Street

CIRENCESTER

SP0202 GOSDITCH STREET 578-1/4/205 (South West side) 14/06/48 No.3 (Formerly Listed as: GOSDITCH STREET (South West side) No.3 Gosditch House)

GV II*

House, now restaurant. Late C17/early C18, possibly with earlier origins with later C18, C19 and C20 alterations. Stucco on timber-framing to front, ashlar to ground floor; stone slate roof; rebuilt brick stack to rear. Main range to street with contemporary rear wing. 3 storeys and attic; 3-window range. First floor has two 4/4-pane and one 6/6-pane sashes in timber architraves; second floor has 3 similar 4/4-pane sashes. Ground floor has Gothic arcade added 1914 with three 2-light windows with traceried heads with leaded lights, one pair and one single part-glazed plank door in pointed openings with traceried heads. 2 gabled dormers with 4-pane single-light casements. C20 single-storey extension to rear. INTERIOR partially inspected; has C20 staircase and other C20 alterations; ground floor front has C17 stone fireplace with deep moulded stone lintel and entablature, possibly imported, late C18/ early C19 timber chimneypiece to ground floor rear; second floor has fragments of raised-and-fielded timber panelling to front left and right; two late C17 eight-panel doors with incised moulding; parts of butt-purlin roof structure visible to front range, rear wing has butt-purlin roof with curved principals, 2 tiers of purlins, short yoke to carry ridge now concealed by ceiling. (1914 photographs before and after alterations to ground floor: Corinium Museum: ACC NOS 1976/471,472).

Listing NGR: SP0226302110