Numbers 27 And 29 And Attached Front Area Railings And Gates

Numbers 27 and 29 are two office buildings constructed in 1848 for merchants operating in the Gloucester Docks. They are made of brick with a front faced in ashlar and feature a hipped slate roof with a central brick stack. The buildings are arranged in a double-depth block and are mirror images of each other.

The exterior consists of two storeys and a basement. Each building has a front with three bays and a slightly recessed bay at each end, creating a pattern of 1+3+3+1. The basement wall is slightly offset, and there is a first-floor sill band along with a crowning entablature and blocking course. On the ground floor, at either end of the central six bays, there are large doorways approached by stone steps. These doorways have moulded architraves, floating cornices on console brackets, and rectangular fanlights with margin glazing and two-leaf panelled doors. The remaining bays on the ground and first floors feature sash windows with glazing bars (3x4 panes) set in openings with projecting stone sills. The rear has altered sash windows in the basement and tall sashes in the stairwell of each building, flanked by sashes, all with glazing bars.

The interior has not been inspected. The buildings also have wrought-iron railings in the front area, accompanied by three wrought-iron gates.