Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318SW BRUNSWICK SQUARE
844-1/12/39 (South side)
23/01/52 No.29
and attached balustrade with gate
and piers to forecourt
(Formerly Listed as:
BRUNSWICK SQUARE
(South side)
No.29)

GV II

Formerly known as: St Mary de Crypt Rectory BRUNSWICK SQUARE.
House, now offices. c1825, late C20 alterations. Brick,
formerly stuccoed, now rendered in roughcast painted white,
stone details and balustrade, slate roof with boxed eaves,
stuccoed brick stacks. Rectangular central block with a
recessed bay on each side; on the front a forecourt and
basement area.
EXTERIOR: central block of two storeys, semi-basement and
attic; the side bays of two storeys and full basement with
floors not at the same levels as those in the central block.
Symmetrical front of five bays and a single recessed bay on
each side; on the front of the central block a raised band at
first-floor level continued onto the fronts of the side bays
at first-floor sill level; on the ground floor a central,
Roman Doric porch, the entablature without a defined frieze,
is approached by flight of stone steps, on each side of the
porch an arcaded balustrade in stone, entrance doorway with a
plain semicircular arched fanlight and six-panel door. On each
side of the porch two sashes, on the first floor five sashes,
on the front of each side bay on both the ground and first
floors a single sash, all with glazing bars (4x4 panes) in
openings with projecting stone sills; sashes with glazing bars
to the basement.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: enclosing the forecourt a mid C19 ashlar
fence with offset plinth arcaded balustrade and moulded
coping; a pair of central gate piers and a similar pier at the
end of each of the side returns against the outer corners of
the building, all with recessed arched panels on the outer
faces and with pedimented caps; cast-iron entrance gate.
House was the rectory for the former Parish of St Mary de
Crypt.

Listing NGR: SO8306018018

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538416

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Recommended Books

• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings