Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8218SE SEVERN ROAD 844-1/11/249 (West side) Lock House

GV II

Lock keeper's cottage. 1826, with later C19 back range and single storey extension. Built at the north end of the lock on the west side facing the lock. Brick rendered on front and sides, slate roof with gable-end stacks. Double-depth block, including later C19 extension, with parallel roofs; a single storey extension at the north end of the front range with hipped end roof. EXTERIOR: two storeys; the front has entrance doorway framed by a raised surround of long and short bricks to the jambs and a flat arch and a double casement with horizontal glazing bars to either side; on the first floor similar casements in openings with segmental arches. All the window openings with projecting sills. 2-window rear elevation to later C19 extension, with segmental arches over mid C20 central door and late C19 2/2-pane sashes. North range has segmental arch over mid C20 window to right of 4-panel door; narrow segmental-arched windows to rear. INTERIOR: not inspected. An historically important part of a very significant group of buildings at Gloucester Docks.



Listing NGR: SO8268618469

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Oxfordshire (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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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)