Number 20 And Part Of Abbey Precinct Wall

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW COLLEGE GREEN 844-1/8/87 (East side) 12/03/73 No.20 and part of Abbey Precinct wall (Formerly Listed as: COLLEGE GREEN No.20)

GV II*

House. Early C17 but reputed to contain C16 features, C18 additions and alterations; refronted and restored in late C19, minor C20 alterations; incorporates C12 abbey precinct wall on south side, and rear wing abuts part of C12 wall between the former monks' cemetery to the east and the lay cemetery to the west. Timber frame with painted infill panels, and brick rendered in pebble dash, end gabled plain tile roof, gabled dormers and brick ridge stack. Double-depth block with lobby entry, at rear a short C18 wing to rear left making L-plan. EXTERIOR: two storeys, cellar and attic. Symmetrical front, the ground floor with plain brick plinth and pebble dash above, central entrance doorway with open gable canopy on brackets and C20 vertical board door, on either side a three-light timber casement with projecting timber sill; on the first floor C19 timber-framing of close studding and intermediate rail with a single-light casement above the doorway and three-light timber-framed casements to either side; attic has a large gabled dormer at each end with close studding, plain barge boards and a three-light casement with leaded glazing. Rear elevation of main block is timber-framed in large panels with first-floor jetty; the framing to ground floor, including knee brackets supporting the jetty; is mostly renewed; a four-light timber-framed casement to the ground floor and above on the first floor with a casement to right probably reduced to two lights when service wing added in C18; a pair of timber-framed cross gables each with a three-light casement with lead-light glazing in the apex. At the gable-end of the added wing at rear a tall brick stack. INTERIOR: room to left of lobby entry has early C17 panelling, above the fireplace an early C17 overmantel of two arched panels framed by pilasters with Corinthian capitals and entablature with a carved frieze; C19 staircase at rear of chimney-stack; on the first floor a C17 plaster ceiling moulded with strapwork, fleur-de-lys and finials; some exposed framing including jowelled posts.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: L-shaped section of monastic precinct wall attached to rear, of stone rubble in courses with dressed stone coping in two courses. (Eward S: No Fine but a Glass of Wine, Cathedral Life at Gloucester: Salisbury: 1985-: 299, 321).

Listing NGR: SO8310918694