153, 155 AND 157, GLOUCESTER STREET

Three houses at 153, 155, and 157 Gloucester Street were constructed in 1906 by Waller and Son for the Bathurst Estate. The building is constructed of coursed squared limestone to the ground floor, with exposed timber framing to the first floor, stone slate hanging to the central gable, and brick to the rear; the roof is stone slate with two ashlar ridge stacks.

The houses are in a Tudor style, with two storeys and an attic to the left and a single storey and attic to the right. The first floor to the left features a four-light moulded timber mullion window with leaded lights and a bracketed cill. To the right is a similar five-light canted oriel. The attic to the left has a flat-topped dormer containing a three-light chamfered timber mullion window. The central gable has a two-light moulded timber mullion window with leaded lights. The attic to the right has two gabled half-dormers, each with a two-light moulded timber mullion window with leaded lights.

The ground floor has three three-light chamfered stone mullion windows with iron casements, and two plank doors with basket-arched heads containing two leaded glazed panels and strap hinges. A squint window is set within a chamfered surround in the angle of the left and right ranges, featuring a weathered ashlar roof. A carriage entrance to a through passage to the rear to the right has a beaded timber lintel supported on shaped brackets resting on moulded stone corbels. Access to No. 157 is via a pair of half-glazed doors in the through passage. A plinth with a chamfered top is present, along with a mock jetty with moulded joist ends over the ground floor to the left. A projecting gable to the centre is supported by shaped timber brackets. A plaster panel beneath the first floor centre oriel displays the letter “B” and the date 1906.

The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for group value. Building control plans dating to 1905- are held at the Corinium Museum.