Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8218SE SPA ROAD
844-1/11/307 (North side)
25/01/52 No.17
Maitland House

GV II

House, now offices. c1820, C19 and C20 alterations. By Thomas
Rickman for Alexander Maitland, a former London merchant.
Stuccoed brick, hipped slate roof. Rectangular double-depth
block with rear wing to right and later addition to rear left.
EXTERIOR: two storeys; symmetrical front of three bays with
offset plinth, string course at first-floor sill level,
crowning cornice and parapet; on the ground floor a central
entrance porch in the Roman Doric order, at each of the outer
corners of the porch a square pier and column in antis
supporting entablature with laurel wreaths moulded on the
frieze, and blocking course; within the porch recessed
entrance doorway with rectangular fanlight; on each side of
porch a tripartite window, with later C19 horned sashes all
framed by a plain architrave shouldered on the outer sides,
moulded cornice, and projecting stone sill; on the first floor
three later C19 horned sashes in original openings with
moulded architraves and sills projecting on the line of the
string course.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Porte cochere formerly extended to meet railings (demolished
mid C20).

Listing NGR: SO8292618013

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538134

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)