Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 GLOUCESTER STREET
758-1/4/132 (South West side)
01/07/76 No.54
(Formerly Listed as:
GLOUCESTER STREET
(South West side)
Nos.54 AND 56)

GV II

House. C18 with C20 rear extension. Limestone rubble and
dressings, brick right-hand gable stack and a stone slate
roof. Single room plan.
2 storeys and basement; 1-window range. Large irregular quoins
to the left and on the right above eaves of No.56; a left-hand
doorway with 4-panel C20 door, large former shop window with
glazing bars and a low first-floor casement beneath the eaves.
Rear dormer.
INTERIOR: details include a right-hand basement
through-passage, winder stair to the left of the fireplace,
stone from the basement but partly removed, windows with
splayed reveals, and collar truss roof; the basement has a
blocked window facing into the street, and a large fireplace
with splayed reveals and bressumer.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: mid C19 cast-iron name plate above the
doorway inscribed GLOUCESTER STREET.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the level of Gloucester Street may have been
approx 1-2m lower than now, to allow for the basement window.
A cut and cover drain ran down to the river.

Listing NGR: ST9320387315

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559539

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)