Description

CIRENCESTER

SP0200 BRIDGE ROAD
578-1/8/22 (South side)
01/03/91 No.25
Bridge End House

II

House and offices. 1833. Probably designed by William Morley
Stears, gas engineer from Leeds, who designed and executed gas
works of which this building only remains. Limestone ashlar,
coursed squared limestone to sides and rear; Welsh slate
parapeted roof; stone stack to centre front with pair of tall
hexagonal clay pots, ashlar stack to right side. Building has
curved front at angle to street, projecting wing to rear.
2-storey 3-window range. First floor has three 3/6-pane sashes
in plain reveals with stone cills; ground floor has two
6/6-pane sashes in similar reveals. C20 glazed door to centre
with overlight with marginal glazing in plain reveal. Deep
tooled ashlar plinth; plat band over ground floor; frieze and
heavy projecting unmoulded band at eaves with blocking course
over. Right side has two 3/6-pane sashes to first floor; two
6/6-pane sashes to ground floor. INTERIOR not inspected.
(Welsford J: Cirencester: A History and Guide: Gloucester:
1987-: P.120).

Listing NGR: SP0277000973

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500360

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)