Syrena House

Syrena House is a house, likely dating to around 1835, with later 19th and early 20th century alterations, and some mid-20th century modifications. It is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern, with flared brick headers. The brick of the first floor side wings and the rear of the building is painted. Canted bays have timber construction, set upon brick bases that match the rest of the building. The roof is covered in Welsh slate, with the roofs of the side wings not visible. Two stacks are present, one of brick to the left and one rendered to the right, situated on coped verges, with swept false gables on the ends of the side wings.

The house has a two-storey, five-window facade. The first floor features a single late 19th/early 20th century sash window with six panes, in a simple reveal with a rubbed brick flat arch lintel, centrally positioned. Three similarly styled eight-pane sash windows are found in each of the canted bays to the left and right. At the far left and right, two circular windows with glazing bars are set within the side wings, dating from the early 19th century. The ground floor mirrors the first floor with three eight-pane sash windows in similar bays, and two early 19th century six-pane sash windows in the side wings, each with rubbed brick flat arch lintels. A six-panel door is under a 20th-century pedimented doorcase, with the upper two panels glazed. The house has a stone plinth and a stone band course over the ground floor, and a late 19th/early 20th century timber dentil eaves cornice to the main range, with coped parapets on the lower side wings that sweep up to meet it. The canted bays have moulded timber cornices above the ground and first floors.

The interior, accessible from the ground floor only, contains an early 19th century stick baluster dog-leg staircase with a mahogany handrail and shaped tread-ends. There is an early 19th century reeded stone fireplace surround on the front left side, and a late 19th/early 20th century fireplace on the front right. It is reported that fireplaces have been removed from the first floor. A six-panel door with an eight-pane overlight provides access to the rear of the property. A photograph from the mid-19th century is recorded by the Cirencester Archaeological and Historical Society.