Premises Of Cheltenham And Gloucester Building Society

1. 5224 THE SQUARE (west side)

Premises of Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society (formerly listed as County Court Offices) SP 1925 NW 2/6 25.8.60

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2. Early C18, ground floor altered C19. Ashlar with Cotswold stone roof. Formal Queen Anne town house. Two storeys and attics, 4 windows. Ground floor extensively adapted: moulded surround to left hand window, 2 large modern glazing bar sashes with unusual modern segmental cornices to right. Narrow panelled door with unusual modern pediment and modern pilasters. First floor string course. Four sashes with glazing bars above, with moulded stone architraves and bull-nosed cills. Roof with stone verges and ashlar end stacks, 3 original dormers with leaded casements, the outer ones pedimented, the centre one with segmental pediment. U-plan, right hand rear rising has an upper cruck; front roof has 2 collar-trusses with king posts and through purlins. Recent work uncovered a painted emblem of the Apothecaries Company; restored by Mrs Eve Baker and now set on internal wall close to original position.

Listing NGR: SP1912325789