Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8217 SOUTHGATE STREET
844-1/15/285 (East side)
23/01/52 Nos.123-131 (Odd)

GV II

Terrace of five houses. Early C19 with later alterations.
Brick, the fronts of No.123 stuccoed and No.127 painted white,
stone details, slate roofs, brick stacks with ceramic chimney
pots. Double-depth block in mirror-image pairs, service wings
at rear.
EXTERIOR: three storeys and basements with front areas; on the
fronts the basement walls offset, stone string course at
first-floor sill level, and a moulded crowning cornice and
blocking course; the entrance doorways closely set in pairs
with flights of stone steps rising to the thresholds;
rectangular fanlights with glazing bars in a uniform diamond
pattern and six-panel doors; doorcases with panelled pilasters
and console brackets supporting cornices; the doorcase to
No.129 removed; flanking the doorway of each house a large
sash with glazing bars to Nos 123, 125 & 127, but a later
plain sash to Nos 129 & 131; on the first floor of each house
two sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes); on the second floor
two short sashes with glazing bars (3x2 panes), except
replaced pivotted sash in No.125; all in openings with
flat-arched heads of five raised-and-stepped voussoirs and
projecting stone sills. The more widely spaced and linked
stone or stucco surrounds enclosing the brick jambs to first
and second-floor windows of No.125 may be a later alteration.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8283517982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538142

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