Wall, Railings And Gate Pier Attached To Numbers 23 And 25

CIRENCESTER

SP0201 WATERMOOR ROAD 578-1/6/328 (East side) 19/01/81 Nos.23 AND 25 and attached wall, railings and gate pier

GV II

Pair of almshouses. Probably late C19. Coursed squared limestone; stone slate roof with coped verges with trefoil stops at apex; shared ashlar ridge stack to centre with C19 square section clay chimney pots. 2-storey 2-window range. First floor has two 3-light chamfered stone mullion windows with hexagonal pattern leaded light casements; ground floor has 2 canted bays with plinths, each of 4 lights with chamfered stone mullion-and-transoms and hexagonal pattern leaded light casements. 2 plank doors with Tudor-arched heads in chamfered stone surrounds. Verandah to ground floor has stone-slated roof supported on 4 square-section timber posts with stone bases and bracketed tops. Small ashlar panel to first floor centre with incised quatrefoil decoration. Flush quoins to left and right angles. Attached wall approximately 2m high to right side and front in coursed squared limestone rubble with ashlar coping ramps down to approximately 1m high to front where it is topped by light railings of round section with shaped heads, similar dog bars, 3 square section posts with anthemoin heads and curved backstays. Gate pier to left with shallow pyramidal cap. INTERIORS not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP0247901623