Gatehouse To Forecourt Of Society Of Friends Meeting House

GLOUCESTER

SO8318SW GREYFRIARS 844-1/12/134 (South side) 12/03/73 Gatehouse to Forecourt of Society of Friends Meeting House (Formerly Listed as: GREYFRIARS Friends Meeting House with Gatehouse)

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Gatehouse to forecourt of the Society of Friends Meeting House (qv). 1834, late C19 alterations. Brick with stone details, hipped slate roof. A range with a wide entrance to forecourt towards east end, extended to west in late C19 for caretaker's or porter's accommodation. EXTERIOR: two storeys; on irregular front to street, the earlier portion to left with a weathered ashlar plinth on each side of the carriage archway with dressed stone jambs and segmental head; in the archway a pair of gates in timber with open panels crossed with vertical iron bars and concave head rail; on each side of archway a brick pilaster strip rising to eaves; above the arch a recessed, rectangular panel with inscription in a moulded stone frame stone; on ground floor to left a single light window with stone lintel and projecting stone sill, in late C19 addition to right a narrow sash and, further right, a wider sash, above on the first floor to right two widely spaced sashes, all in openings with stone lintels and sills. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8309318384