Description

THE CLOSE
1.
1594
Nos 36A & 36B
(Formerly listed as No 36)
SU 1429 NW 3/29 28.2.52.
II* GV

2.
Mid C18 casing of earlier structure. 2 storeys and attic, stucco faced. Steep
hipped old tile roof. Coved and moulded eaves cornice. 3 hipped and tile
hung casement dormers. 5 windows 1st floor, flush architrave framed sashes,
glazing bars intact. 2 flush framed tripartite sashes on ground floor, glazing
bars, flanking central door of 6 fielded panels in wide stone Roman Doric
doorcase of pilasters entablature and pediment. Secondary door to left of
6 fielded panels, recessed with panelled reveals, doorcase of reeded pilasters,
rosette corner blocks and cornice over. Exposed ceiling beams on ground floor.
The south front to North Walk has 3 windows on 1st floor and 2 tripartite
sashes on ground, as on west front. Former central doorway or window, now
blocked.

All the listed buildings in the Close form an outstanding group.

Listing NGR: SU1425929669

Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)