Description

CIRENCESTER

SP0202 MARKET PLACE
578-1/4/236 (North side)
14/06/48 Nos.25 AND 27
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET PLACE
(North side)
No.25)
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET PLACE
(North side)
No.27)

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.33 AND 35 MARKET PLACE.
Shop, storage to upper floors. Late C17, early and mid C18 and
C19. Stucco to front; Welsh slate roofs, parapeted to left and
centre; C19 ashlar stack to right side of centre building,
rendered ridge stack now truncated and large brick stack to
rear of building to right.
Shop occupies 3 buildings, that to right originally two.
To left C19 front, 3 storeys and attic; 2-window range. First
floor has 2 timber windows with top-hung lights, cut off by
top of shopfront below, in plain reveals; second floor has two
C19 plate glass sashes in flat unmoulded surrounds with
Tudor-arched tops. Ground floor has mid C20 shopfront
continuous with next and part of further building. 2 hipped
dormers with 2-light timber casements. Pilaster strips to left
and right angles; bracketed frieze and moulded cornice; coped
parapet. Centre building is early/mid C18 refronting of
probably late C17/early C18 house, 3 storeys and attic;
3-window range.
First floor has three C19 plate glass horned sashes in flat
unmoulded segmental-headed surrounds; second floor has three
6/6-pane sashes in similar surrounds with projecting cills.
Ground floor has mid C20 shopfront continuous with adjoining
buildings. Rusticated quoins to left and right angles; band
course over first floor; moulded stone cornice as parapet
above eaves.
Building to right is late C17/early C18, 3 storeys and attic;
3-window range. First floor has two 3-light timber mullion and
transom windows with leaded upper lights in moulded timber
surrounds with timber cills; similar window now cut off below
transom to accommodate shopfront to left. Second floor has 6
similar 2-light timber mullion and transom windows with leaded
lights.
Ground floor has mid C20 shopfront to left continued from
adjoining building, shopfront to right with canted bay window
with moulded glazing bars to upper part of windows, recessed
glazed C20 door to left, pilasters to left and right of door
with moulded cornice and projecting canopy over, C19 with C20
alterations.
Through passage to rear to right has moulded stone architrave
to front, 2 chamfered beams in passage, to rear with diagonal
stop. 3 gabled dormers with 2-light leaded casements. Moulded
timber eaves cornice. Moulded lead hopper head and lead down
pipe to centre front. Large C19 brick and C20 reconstituted
stone extensions to rear.
INTERIOR has C20 alterations for shop use; ground floor front
far right has beam with broad chamfer, run-out stop and notch,
3 parallel beams to rear boxed-out; ground floor centre
heavily altered; part of plastered beam with broad chamfer
visible to ground floor left.
Building to right has C19 well staircase with turned balusters
from ground to second floor. House to centre has staircase in
late C18 style with 2 turned balusters per tread, shaped
cheekpieces and mahogany grip handrail, possibly C18
re-arranged or reproduction.
First floor right has 2-light timber mullion-and-transom
window in office to rear; second floor right has small stone
fireplace, plank door; far right has plastered beam with
unstopped chamfers; centre has similar beam and early C18
chimney-breast cupboard, damaged, with timber cornice; 2
winder staircases in this building; third floor right has
parts of roof structure with clasped purlins and ridge piece
carried on short yoke visible.
Building to centre has remains of late C17 closed string splat
baluster staircase from second to third floors; 3-bay
butt-purlin roof to front; 3 bays with curved principals to
rear.
House to left has C19 winder staircase from second floor to
attic; butt-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: SP0238402073

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482697

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Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)