Number 18 And Attached Wall And Gate Pier

CIRENCESTER

SP0202 DOLLAR STREET 578-1/4/119 (East side) 05/06/69 No.18 and attached wall and gatepier

GV II

Former Abbey lodge, now house. Probably early C19, possibly with C17 origins, with addition of 1912. Coursed squared limestone; stone slate roof; 2 hexagonal rendered stacks just below ridge to left side. One gable to Dollar Street; one coped gable to right side which is main facade. Single storey and attic; 3-window range. Two 2- and one 3-light early C19 chamfered stone-mullion windows to ground floor; one similar 3-light window in gable above. Door to centre left has applied mouldings to form 3 vertical panels in chamfered stone surround with Tudor-arched head. Shallow plinth; moulded string over ground floor and over window in gable; flush quoins to left angle. Dollar Street elevation has 6/6-pane horned sash in plain reveal to ground floor; similar window in gable above. This elevation 1912 when lodge extended from left of gable on right return facade towards Dollar Street. INTERIOR not inspected; probably altered 1912. Short section of attached wall to right of facade has blind doorway in similar surround; further short section of attached wall to right at right angle to facade has 4-panel door similar to lodge door in plain reveal with chamfered Tudor-arched head formed in render. Wall and attached gatepier to right are approximately 2.5m high with deep weathered coping (cf Abbey Wall, Gosditch Street). (Cirencester Local Board Building Control Plans: 1912-).

Listing NGR: SP0221202232