Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NE LONDON ROAD
844-1/9/167 (South side)
23/01/52 No.42
Claremont House

GV II

Detached villa, flats. 1820. Stuccoed brick, hipped slate
roof. Double-depth block.
EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and semi-basement. Symmetrical
front of three bays with offset plinth rising to ground-floor
level; on the ground floor the stucco is grooved to imitate
masonry rustication with a quoined return at each outer
corner, a projecting band at first-floor sill level; the bays
on the upper floors are framed by a giant order of shallow
pilasters with full-height recessed panels and moulded
capitals, the outer pilasters slightly inset from the corners
and a crowning entablature with moulded cornice and parapet
above. On the ground floor a central, projecting,
single-storey porch on a landing approached by a flight of
stone steps, the porch in the Roman Doric order with facing
pairs of columns at the outer corners supporting an
entablature and blocking course; the entrance doorway in a
moulded architrave frame with side-lights and a segmental
arched fanlight of "batswing" pattern above the lintel; double
doors with fielded lower panels and glazed upper panels with
glazing bars, similar side-lights. To either side of doorway a
sash and on each upper floor three sashes, all with glazing
bars (3x4 panes) in openings with projecting stone sills.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8378618802

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561624

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