Collingwood House And Attached Front Quadrant Walls

GLOUCESTER

SO8418NW HORTON ROAD 844-1/10/139 (East side) Collingwood House and attached front quadrant walls

GV II

House. c1835. Red brick with stone details, hipped slate roof, brick stacks. Double-depth block with an extensive wing to the left of the main block. EXTERIOR: two storeys. Symmetrical front of three bays to the main block; offset plinth, raised stone band at first-floor level, wide boxed eaves, stone quoins at the outer corners; on the ground floor the central entrance doorway is framed by stone Ionic half-columns and entablature with blocking course, within the opening a four panel door with timber-framed, narrow sidelights and a plain rectangular fanlight; to either side a stone-framed, two-light window with moulded architrave, a central mullion and projecting sill supported on three shaped brackets, a casement in each light; on the first floor three sashes with central, vertical glazing bars, in stone-framed openings with moulded architraves and projecting sills on two shaped brackets. On the south elevation windows with similar details. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: front garden forecourt enclosed by quadrant wing walls from the corners of the block and terminating in piers formerly linked across the front by a wrought-iron fence. HISTORY: formerly the house of the Governor of the Horton Road Hospital. Included for its historic interest and as a complete example of its type and date.

Listing NGR: SO8445518567