Number 7 Beaufort Buildings

Number 7 Beaufort Buildings is a house dating from approximately 1835-40, with a later 19th-century addition. It occupies a prominent position at the east end of the Beaufort Buildings terrace in Gloucester. The building is constructed of brick, with a stuccoed and painted white front elevation, decorative wrought-iron balconies, stone details, a slate roof, and brick stacks. It is a double-depth block with a recessed entrance on the east side and a rear wing, which is a later 19th-century addition on the east side.

The front elevation is three storeys and a basement, with two bays to the left and a third recessed bay to the right. An attached, one-storey and basement addition projects slightly to the front. The rusticated basement projection has panelled, clasping pilasters at the corners, and a pair of similar pilasters in the centre. The top of this projection forms a verandah with a decorative wrought-iron balustrade. The ground floor features strip pilasters at the corners of the two bays to the left, and a further pilaster between the two left-hand bays. A giant order of clasping and intermediate pilasters extends up the front, with moulded bases and capitals, and a raised band between the pilasters at the second-floor level. A crowning entablature and coped parapet are above. Cantilevered balconies, supported by decorative wrought-iron standards and tented canopy roofs, project from the first floor of the two bays to the left and the recessed bay. The ground-floor entrance is approached by a wide flight of stone steps flanked by decorative wrought-iron balustrades; the segmental arched doorway contains a timber-framed fanlight with radiating glazing bars and a late 20th-century door replacing an original fielded six-panel door. Tall sash windows with 3x4 panes are present in the ground and first floors, with flat-arched heads. The 19th-century wing to the right features clasping pilasters at the corners and an eaves cornice, with a tripartite window on the ground floor.

The interior of the building was not inspected during the listing process. Number 7 is a slightly smaller version of properties 29 and 31 Spa Road, and is by Sir Robert Smirke.