C Gillman And Sons And Attached Outbuildings

This is a shop and office with attached outbuildings, dating to the late 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-18th century, 19th century, and 20th century. The front of the building is stuccoed, while the rear wing is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and timber framing with brick infill. The rear wing has a concrete tile roof that is hipped over the front range.

The building is three storeys high, plus a cellar, and has a four-window front. The first floor has three six-over-six sash windows in moulded architraves, plus a similar blind window in the centre left. The second floor mirrors the first floor, with the tops of the architraves cut off by the eaves. The ground floor has a 19th-century shopfront, altered in the 20th century, with two plate glass windows and a recessed glazed door to the right. To the left of the door is an iron grille covering an opening to the cellar. A frieze and moulded cornice extends over a pair of 20th-century glazed doors that fill a former carriage entrance, featuring chamfered jambs. There is a shallow plinth and a band course above the first floor. A 19th-century wrought-iron hanging sign bracket is located in the centre of the first floor.

The rear elevation has a scattered arrangement of sash and glazing bar casement windows. The outbuildings comprise a single-storey and attic former stable range with three gabled half-dormers, and further single-storey ranges. The stable range has exposed timber lintels over the ground floor door and window openings, likely dating back to the 18th century.

The interior of the front range originally had staircases removed from the ground to first and from the first to second floors. A mid-19th-century stick baluster staircase now connects the ground and first floors. Three first-floor rooms feature chamfered beams with run-out stops, and a mid-19th-century fireplace is located in the front right room. The second floor also has chamfered beams with run-out stops, with nicks and step-stops to the rear. A mid-19th-century fireplace is in the front right room and the space features mid-19th-century panelled doors and architraves, alongside oak floorboards.

The Gillman family had been established in Cirencester since at least the early 19th century and were originally blacksmiths. Their ironmongery business was carried on at this location for several generations.