4 And 6, Clarence Street

GLOUCESTER

SO8318SW CLARENCE STREET 844-1/12/62 (East side) 23/01/52 Nos.4 AND 6

GV II

Pair of large town houses, now offices 1832-3. Part of the development of Clarence Street by William Rees, builder. Late C20 alterations. Stuccoed brick, slate roofs. Double-depth block with short rear wings, originally a mirror image pair. EXTERIOR: three storeys, basements and attics; to both houses a single symmetrical front of seven bays with each end bay slightly recessed and the three central bays slightly projected (1+1+3+1+1); the former basement areas now infilled, the ground floor rusticated with a strip pilaster at each end and crowned by a raised band at first-floor level; on the upper floors the three central bays defined by a giant order of four Ionic pilasters and at each end a giant pilaster with moulded impost at second-floor level between the pilasters; a raised band and a crowning entablature with a mutilated cornice; on the entablature over the three central bays a pediment with mutilated eaves and with coped parapets to either side. On the ground floor the entrance doorway to each of the former houses in the second and sixth bays with three stone steps to thresholds, both door frames recessed in openings with moulded architrave surrounds, with side and transom lights; in the three central bays between the doorways and in the end bays sashes with glazing bars (3X4 panes); on the first floor five tall sashes and on the second floor five shorter sashes, all with glazing bars (3x4 panes), all in openings with projecting stone sills. The former iron railings to the front areas have been removed. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8338318427