Selsdon

PAINSWICK BISLEY STREET (west side) SO 8609/8709 (part of) 8/44 Selsdon 21.10.55 GV II House, left half of pair. Early C18. Limestone ashlar front, squared and coursed gable; concrete tile roof. A lofty narrow-frontage 2-bay house in 3 storeys and attic, 12-pane sashes in moulded architraves, eared at ground and first floors, and with triple projecting keystones through pulvinated frieze to moulded closed pediments; all cills set to small consoles. Right is 4-panel fielded door incorporating a 5-pane overlight in architrave and frieze with pediment as to the windows. Rusticated pilaster strip each side, full height, to rich moulded eaves cornice. Two-light C20 dormer; back wall includes 2-light chamfer-mullion casement. Gable stack left; 4 varied small openings low in this gable. A compact, unusually rich front, possibly built for the BRYAN family, stonemasons responsible for some of the churchyard memorials. (VCH, Glos XI.)

Listing NGR: SO8679009741