Number 29 and Attached Balustrade with Gate and Piers to Forecourt is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. A C1825 House, office.

Number 29 and Attached Balustrade with Gate and Piers to Forecourt

WRENN ID
tilted-attic-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gloucester
Constituency
Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1952
Type
House, office
Address
Number 29 and Attached Balustrade with Gate and Piers to Forecourt, Brunswick Square
OS grid reference
SO 830 180
Coordinates
51.8605, -2.24739
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 29, formerly known as St Mary de Crypt Rectory, is a house dating from around 1825, now used as offices. The building has undergone some alterations in the late 20th century. It is constructed of brick, which was originally stuccoed but is now rendered in roughcast and painted white, with stone details and a balustrade. The roof is slate with boxed eaves and stuccoed brick stacks.

The house features a rectangular central block with a semi-basement and attic, flanked by side bays that have two storeys and full basements, although the floors do not align with those of the central block. The symmetrical front has five bays, with a single recessed bay on each side. A raised band at first-floor level extends onto the side bays at the first-floor sill level. The ground floor includes a central Roman Doric porch, approached by a flight of stone steps, with an entablature that lacks a defined frieze. On either side of the porch is an arcaded stone balustrade, and the entrance features a plain semicircular arched fanlight above a six-panel door.

On each side of the porch, there are two sash windows, while the first floor has five sash windows. Each side bay has a single sash window on both the ground and first floors, all with glazing bars arranged in a 4x4 pane configuration and set in openings with projecting stone sills. The basement also has sashes with glazing bars.

The interior has not been inspected. The forecourt is enclosed by a mid-19th century ashlar fence with an offset plinth, an arcaded balustrade, and moulded coping. There are a pair of central gate piers and a similar pier at each end of the side returns, all featuring recessed arched panels on the outer faces and pedimented caps, along with a cast-iron entrance gate. This house served as the rectory for the former Parish of St Mary de Crypt.

Local climate

Number 29 and Attached Balustrade with Gate and Piers to Forecourt receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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