55 And 57, Southgate Street

GLOUCESTER

SO8318SW SOUTHGATE STREET 844-1/12/267 (East side) Nos.55 AND 57

GV II

Pair of shops and former dwellings. Early C18, with possible earlier origins; C19 and C20 alterations. Brick painted white, slate roof with a hipped roof dormer above each unit, brick stack. Double-depth block. EXTERIOR: two storeys and attic; on the front two C20 shop-fronts; on the first floor two windows to each unit with C19 plain sashes to No.55, and C20 fixed lights to No.57, all in openings with rubbed brick, flat arches; in each of the attic dormers a pair of casements; at right hand end of the C20 eaves gutter a rain water pipe with decorative lead rain water head. INTERIOR: No.57 stop chamfered beams to first and ground floors; 2-panel door to attic and small fireplace with stone surround and cast-iron grate. No.55 has been altered to ground floor but has retained some original beams. One of the earliest properties in this prominent group at the south end of Southgate Street.

Listing NGR: SO8302118350