4, College Green, and attached area railings

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SO8318NW 844-1/8/69

GLOUCESTER COLLEGE GREEN (south side) No.4 and attached area railings

23/01/52

GV II House, now offices. Early C18, late C19 and C20 alterations. Red brick with stone and timber details, slate roof hipped at south end, gabled dormers. A long, double-depth range with short wings at rear to either end enclosing a small yard.

EXTERIOR: two storeys, attic and basement; the front of seven bays including the bay at the right hand (west) end added 1900 in carefully matched construction following the demolition of the former No.5 College Green; the offset to the basement walls rises to form the ground floor plinth; crowning modillion cornice. On the ground floor a central doorway with three stone steps to the threshold, and Roman Doric doorcase with flanking pilasters, entablature with a patera in the central metope of the frieze, and pediment; six panel door, the upper four panels fielded; to either side sashes in flush frames with glazing bars (3 x 4 panes); on the first floor seven sashes (3 x 4 panes), the four sashes to the left with thicker glazing bars; all the sashes of similar size in openings with rubbed brick flat arches set with raised projecting key stones. The openings for the basement windows have segmental arched heads. Between the first and second bays from the right a cast-iron rainwater pipe with a C18 moulded lead rainwater head.

West elevation to late C19 extension at end of range has a large sash with sidelight sashes on the ground floor, and a single sash on the first floor; the wing to right with a single sash on each floor may be earlier in date; all with glazing bars in openings similar to front.

INTERIOR: central entrance hall, early C18 dog-leg staircase has closed strings, column newel at the bottom otherwise square newels with drop finials and column-on-vase balusters, ramped handrail and dado; some C18 joinery and moulded cornices in other rooms. Room to right on ground floor has a C19 white marble chimnney piece with shelf on brackets. Basement contains a vaulted brick cellar.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: mid C19 wrought-iron railings to the areas have standards with anthemion finials.

Listing NGR: SO8305818722