5 And 6 Gyde Almshouses

PAINSWICK GYDE ROAD SO 8610/8710 (west side) 6/117 Nos 5 and 6, Gyde Almshouses GV II Pair of almshouses in group of ten. 1913 by Sidney Barnsley, under the Will of Edwin Gyde. Dressed squared limestone, concrete tile roof. Symmetrical two- gabled front and back, l½ storeys, 2 over 3-light chamfered-mullion casements to each house, at ground floor under continuous stopped drip. left and right original plank doors in slightly cambered deep chamfered surrounds, at each gable end a further door in late C20 gabled porches with small flanking original lights, and under a 2-light casement; to back, road side, various small single lights. Central ridge stack and rear gable stacks. One of five pairs in slightly varied designs, in the best Cotswold tradition. (Hyett, F A, Glimpses in the History of Painswick, 1928).

Listing NGR: SO8669510295