Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NE OXFORD STREET
844-1/9/230 (East side)
12/03/73 Nos.2-20 (Even)
(Formerly Listed as:
OXFORD STREET
(East side)
Nos.2 TO 22 (Even))

GV II

Terrace of 10 houses. 1823-5, later alterations include late
C19 conversion of No.2 to shop and dwelling. Part of the
development of Oxford Street for John Bowyer, attorney. Brick
stuccoed, slate roofs, brick stacks on party walls. Ten houses
of double-depth block with wings at rear.
EXTERIOR: three storeys and cellars; Nos 18 & 20 at lower
level. Offset plinths; continuous first-floor sill band and
second-floor band to Nos 2, 4, 6 & 8, and first-floor band on
No.18 & 20; origially a continuous crowning frieze band and
moulded cornice, now removed from Nos 4, 6, 8 & 12; parapet
with capping above. On the ground floor the entrance doorway
to each house to left with deep jambs, stone steps to
threshold and plain rectangular fanlights, a sash with glazing
bars (4x4 panes) to right replaced by shop-front in No.2 and
later sashes in Nos 4, 8 & 10; on the first floor of each
house two tall sashes and on the second floor two short
sashes, all with glazing bars (first floor 3x4 panes, second
floor 3x3 panes) replaced on the second floor of No.2 with C20
metal framed windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8368918861

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538182

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)