Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NE LONDON ROAD
844-1/9/168 (South side)
12/03/73 No.44
The Elms

GV II

Detached villa, now health authority offices. c1825. Stuccoed
brick, hipped slate roof, stuccoed brick stacks. A wide block,
the entrance in a central projection on the front approached
through a single storey porch; single storey wing to left.
EXTERIOR: two storeys, attic and basement. Symmetrical front
of three bays with offset plinth, raised band at first-floor
level, crowning frieze band and plain cornice band. On the
ground floor is projecting, single-storey porch in the Tuscan
order enclosed at each end with the inset opening protected by
a projecting portico, with columns at the outer corners
supporting the entablature and parapet above; doorway with
segmental arched fanlight. In the bays to either side of porch
a sash, on the first floor a tall sash in the projecting
central bay in opening with the sill at the level of the
projecting band and flat arched head with five
raised-and-stepped voussoirs, shorter sashes in the side bays
in openings with projecting stone sills; all the sashes with
glazing bars (3x4 panes). Similar sashes at sides and rear.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8383718818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561625

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)