Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW PITT STREET
844-1/8/239 (North side)
23/01/52 No.6
(Formerly Listed as:
PITT STREET
Nos.5 TO 13 (Consecutive))

GV II

House, now part of the King's School and assigned to the
School Bursar. Late C18, with mid C19 minor alterations. Brick
with brighter red brick details, tiled roof, brick stack. A
small double-depth block with rear wing to left making L-plan.
EXTERIOR: two storeys and attic; the symmetrical front is a
slightly cross-gabled wall of three bays, with a shaped,
stone-coped gable, and flanked by narrow, slightly recessed
walls at each corner; on the ground floor a central entrance
doorway with rectangular fanlight and fielded six-panel door
recessed in opening with timber-lined jambs and head; on each
side of doorway a mid C19 sash, on the first floor in the
centre a blind window with recessed brick infill, and on each
side a mid C19 sash; all the sashes with central, vertical
glazing bars; door and window openings with flat-arched rubbed
brick heads, and in the windows projecting stone sills; in the
gable a mid C19 two-light casement with upper side-hung lights
in original opening with flat-arched head. At the rear a sash
with Gothick ogee-arched head.
INTERIOR: mostly refitted in C19 and C20, several C20 panelled
doors; in room on first floor at rear a mid C19 slate
chimney-piece with original painted decoration of vines
bearing grapes.

Listing NGR: SO8319918867

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538192

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)