86 and 86b, Dyer Street

This is a late 18th or early 19th century house, now used as offices and a flat. It is located on Dyer Street, Cirencester. The front of the building is rendered and has a concrete tile roof that is hipped on the left side. The rear has a Welsh slate roof and a brick stack, although the original stack has been truncated. A brick stack also remains at the left end of the rear extension.

The house is two storeys tall with an attic, and exhibits a two-window front. The first floor has two 6/6-pane sash windows set in simple surrounds with projecting sills. The ground floor has a 6/6-pane horned sash window to the left and a six panel door with glazed upper panels and margin glazing to the right. A dormer window with a 2-light casement is located on the right side. A shallow plinth runs along the base. On the left side of the front elevation, a 2/2-6/6-2/2-pane triple sash window with timber mullions is found on the first floor. An extension to the rear has a 6/6-pane sash window. A C20 glazed door with surrounding glazed panels is located on the ground floor, mimicking the pattern of the triple sash above. Another hipped dormer with a 3-light timber casement sits above. A C20 single-storey extension has been added to the ground floor.

The rear elevation includes a two-storey lean-to extension with 6/6-pane sash windows and single-light casements on the first floor. A gabled dormer with a 2-light timber casement is also present.

The interior includes a stick baluster winder staircase connecting the ground and first floors. On the first floor, the left side has a boxed-out beam and a late 18th century stone fireplace which is said to contain an original grate behind some blocking. The right side of the first floor also has a boxed-out beam. A smaller stone fireplace with a timber architrave is on the first floor rear left. The second floor has a late 18th century fireplace on the left end and C19 four-panel doors. Early wide floorboards remain, and the roof structure, largely concealed, incorporates trenched or threaded purlins. The ground floor of the left part of the building (No. 86B) also has a boxed-out beam.