Description

1. STROUD GLOUCESTER STREET
SO 85 05
5/10008 Ye Old Painswick Inn
II
Public house. 1890, by W.H.C. Fisher. Built of red brick with principal elevations faced in
squared and coursed limestone; stone slate roofs; ashlar stacks with moulded cornicing to main
range. Rectangular plan with main entrance flanked by 2 bars; stable yard to left (north). Free
Style. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window first-floor range to front. Segmental-pedimented doorcase
in Early Georgian style, flanked by transomed windows with stilted keyed and segmental arches;
keys touch string course, which forms lower part of a broad horizontal band which includes
lettering flanked by swags and is surmounted by heavy cornice; 4-light flank 2-light
stone-mullioned and transomed windows to first floor, which sit on cornice and are surmounted
by a continuous drip course which forms the lower part of a band at eaves level; swagged aprons
beneath 3-light stone-mullioned attic windows with drip moulds, which are set in full-height
dormers with Dutch gables. Horizontal courses are continued to articulate return elevations, with
similar fenestration. Interior includes original joinery and plaster cornicing. Subsidiary Features:
stable yard to left (north) is bounded on east and north-east sides by range of similar materials;
3-bay cartshed with cast-iron piers and Welsh slate roof is connected on the north to a range
enclosing north-east side of yard, of one storey and attic with stone lintels over 3-light casements,
including gabled half-dormers, and opening with sliding door; gable end facing Slad Road
includes oculus set beneath Dutch gable. Fisher was a local architect, who had worked with J.P.
Seddon on the School of Art and Science in Lansdowne (qv), also of 1890. A fine and
well-preserved example of late C19 public house architecture in a favoured style, complete with
its stable yard.

Listing NGR: SO8511805376

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Ye Old Painswick Inn official website
• Wikidata Q26517856

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