7 And 8 Gyde Almshouses

PAINSWICK GYDE ROAD SO 8610/8710 (west side) 6/118 Nos 7 and 8, Gyde Almshouses GV II Pair of almshouses in group of ten. 1913 by Sidney Barnsley, under Will of Edwin Gyde. Dressed squared limestone, concrete tile roof. L-plan, each house with front-facing full-height gable, No 8 with original slightly lower extension to right, twin gables at back, to Gyde Road. l½ storeys, 2-light chamfer- mullion casements, but one 3-light at ground floor to No 7, and to stopped. Dips at ground floor; a little leading remains. Good original plank doors, far left to No 7 and in internal angle to No 8 in slightly cambered deep-chamfered surrounds; further door in late C20 gable porch to right gable No 8. At back of No 7 a large external stack with offsets; two ridge stacks to return block. At back, at road face; various small single light casements. One of five pairs in slightly varied designs, in the best Cotswold tradition. (Hyett, F A, Glimpses of the History of Painswick, 1928).

Listing NGR: SO8670910272