24A 24 And 26, Southgate Street

GLOUCESTER

SO8318SW SOUTHGATE STREET 844-1/12/255 (West side) Nos.24A, 24 AND 26

GV II

Two shops and dwellings, now terrace of shops and offices. Mid to late C18 with late C19 and C20 alterations and additions. Brick, stone details, slate roof with dormers, brick stack. PLAN: double-depth block with rear wings and later additions at rear; on the evidence of C19 alterations, No.24 originally occupied the three bays to the right and No.26 the four bays to the left; after C20 alterations No.24 now occupies all floors except for self-contained ground floor shops, No.24A, in the four right-hand bays, and No.26, in the two left-hand bays, with entry to No.24 between the shops. EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and cellars; on the front C20 shop-fronts and fascias. Upper storeys of seven bays; a moulded stone crowning cornice remains intact above the three bays to the right but dressed back above the four bays to the left; a parapet above the three bays to the right and two hipped roof dormers; parapet to the left rebuilt in late C19 to incorporate two gabled dormers with pierced barge boards and ceramic gable finials. On the first floor in the five bays to the right the lower parts of the original window openings are blocked and C20 sashes inserted above, in the two left-hand bays C19 sashes in original openings. On the second floor C18 sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes) in the three bays to the right and C19 sashes in the four bays to the left. All the window openings have rubbed brick flat arched heads and on the second-floor projecting stone sills. A pair of casements in the C18 roof dormers to right and sashes in the C19 dormers to left. INTERIOR: entrance hall of No.24 leads to staircase on left lit by a large C18 Venetian window from lightwell behind No.26; window has sashes with glazing bars in opening framed by moulded architraves; staircase with closed strings, square newels and stick balusters; principal rooms on both upper floors have moulded plaster cornices. Double framed roofs. Brick walled and vaulted cellars; in the cellar below No.24A the lower part of the front wall is built of stone rubble. A substantially complete C18 urban property, which makes a significant contribution to the streetscape at the end of Southgate Street.

Listing NGR: SO8309318491