58, Eastgate Street

GLOUCESTER

SO8318SW EASTGATE STREET 844-1/12/111 (South side) 23/01/52 No.58 (Formerly Listed as: BARTON STREET (South side) No.14)

GV II

Shown on OS map as No.14 Barton Street. House, now shop. Early C19, minor C20 internal alterations. Brick, the front faced in ashlar, slate roof, brick stacks. Double-depth block with wing to rear. Perhaps originally intended to form part of a terrace development. EXTERIOR: three storeys. Symmetrical projecting front of three bays; offset plinth; raised band at first-floor level carries giant order of shallow Ionic pilasters rising through the tall first floor and short second floor to support entablature and pediment; second-floor sill bands between the pilasters. On the ground floor a central, projecting, single storey entrance porch with two fluted Doric columns in antis between square corner piers and entablature with plain frieze; doorway with rectangular fanlight, to either side a sash with glazing bars (3x4 panes) in openings with raised sills; on the first floor three taller sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes) in openings with recessed panels below the sills. On the second floor three short sashes with glazing bars (3x2 panes). INTERIOR: some rooms retain original fireplaces and joinery; from ground to first floor a geometrical stair with stone treads and curtail step with wrought-iron stick balusters and swept-timber handrail.

Listing NGR: SO8338618341