3 And 4 Gyde Almshouses

PAINSWICK GYDE ROAD SO 8610/8710 (west side) 6/116 Nos 3 and 4, Gyde Almshouses GV II Part 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 full-height front gable; No 4 with slightly lower original extension right, twin gables at back, to Gyde Road. 1½ storeys, 2 or 3-light chamfer-mullion case- ments, under stopped drips at ground floor, all lacking leading. Good original plank doors, far left to No 3 and in internal corner to No 4, both to slightly cambered deep-chamfered surrounds. At back of No 3 a large external stack with offsets; two ridge stacks to return block. Late C20 gabled porch on right return to No 4. To back, at road face, various small style light casements in double gabled front. Interior of No 3 has original doors and chamfered and stopped beam. 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: SO8667410327