Community House And Attached Wall With Piers

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW COLLEGE GREEN 844-1/8/81 (North side) 23/01/52 No.15 Community House and attached wall with piers

GV II

House assigned to the Prebendary of the Fifth Stall of Gloucester Cathedral, now offices. 1774, replacing an earlier house, but retaining some evidence of a medieval range, mid C19 alterations and additions. On the front the ground floor faced in rusticated ashlar and the upper floors stuccoed with stone details, otherwise brick with stone details, hipped slate roof. PLAN: C18 range facing south adjoining St Mary's Gate (qv) at west end and the Inner Gate (qv) at east end, at rear to left a large mid-C19 service wing; internally a central entrance passage leading to staircase at rear, on first floor two large, former reception rooms. EXTERIOR: three storeys, basement and attic. Plain symmetrical front of five widely spaced bays with the three central bays projecting slightly and crowned by a pediment. The rusticated ground floor is capped by a raised stone band stone, stone crowning cornice with Ionic modillions to eaves and to pediment; on the ground floor the central entrance doorway and on each side two sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes) all in openings with cambered arched heads with rusticated voussoirs; the two windows to right of doorway retain wrought-iron window guards on brackets; on the first floor five large sashes with slender glazing bars (3x4 panes) in plain openings with projecting stone sills; on the second floor five short sashes with glazing bars (2x3) panes in similar openings. At rear of front range at east end at low level medieval rubble in wall. INTERIOR: staircase with solid string, slender column-on-vase balusters and ramped mahogany handrail to first floor, toad back handrail to attic; stair well lit by semicircular arched window with margin lights which contains mid C19 stained glass panel; the two former reception rooms on the first floor, partitioned for offices, have C18 moulded plaster friezes and dentil cornices, moulded skirtings and moulded chair rails, largely replaced in the west room by plain timber, and doorways with moulded architraves and fielded six-panel doors. in the cellars exposed timber beams and rubble walling. On the first floor at east end a late C18 service staircase with stick balusters. From the staircase the access to the room on

first floor of adjoining Inner Gate (qv). SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: late C18 wall with pyramidal piers to rear (north), meets wall attached to south of No.1 Miller's Green (qv). (Eward S: No Fine but a Glass of Wine, Cathedral Life at Gloucester: Salisbury: 1985-: 320; BOE: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean: London: 1976-: 243).

Listing NGR: SO8302418864