Stratton House Hotel

CIRENCESTER

SP0103 GLOUCESTER ROAD, Stratton 578-1/2/379 (West side) Stratton House Hotel

II

House, now hotel. Early C19 with C19 and C20 alterations and additions. Coursed squared limestone; ashlar porch; coursed rubble to side and rear wings. Artificial slate roofs which are hipped to main range; stone and rebuilt brick stacks to rear left of main range and on rear and side wings. Early C19 main range has contemporary wings to rear and right side; C19 service wings with C20 alterations to rear and right side. 3-storey 3-window range; first floor has three 6/6-pane sashes in flat unmoulded stone surrounds; 3 similar 3/6-pane sashes to second floor. Ground floor has two C19 plate glass sashes in similar surrounds with stone cills. Later C19 porch to right has half-glazed door under decorative fanlight in round-headed opening with moulded stone reveal; plinth, moulded stone cornice with blocking course. House has plat bands over ground and first floors; cill bands to first and second floor windows. Moulded stone cornice and coped parapet. Wing to right, set back approximately 0.5m, is 3-storey 4-window range. Three 6/6-pane sashes in plain reveals and one former sash now fire escape door to first floor; four C20 six-pane windows with top-hung lights to second floor. Four 6/6-pane sashes and one C20 door to ground floor. Cill bands to first and second floors; moulded stone cornice and coped parapet. INTERIOR has cantilevered stone staircase with moulded soffit; stick balusters, mahogany handrail. Stone paved staircase hall. Ground floor front left has large timber chimneypiece with composition decoration; enriched moulded cornice. Ground floor rear left has timber chimneypiece with composition decoration and large C19 iron grate; run cornice. Mock Jacobean bar to ground floor front right has beam with big chamfer, possibly inserted. Other rooms not inspected. C19 two-storey service wing to right and C19 or C20 service wing to rear have C20 alterations.

Listing NGR: SP0136603442