Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW WESTGATE STREET
844-1/8/391 (South side)
12/03/73 No.31
(Formerly Listed as:
WESTGATE STREET
Nos.31 AND 33)

GV II

Shop and former dwelling. Mid C18 with C19 and C20
alterations. Red brick with slate and tile roofs, brick stack.
Double-depth block with a long wing to rear left incorporating
C18 outbuilding.
EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and cellar; on the front an
early C20 shop-front with recessed entrance doorway to left;
upper floors of two bays in brick with contrasting brighter
red brick quoins to the outer corners and to window jambs and
arches; the former crowning cornice replaced by a plain brick
parapet; on each of the upper floors two C19 plain horned
sashes of similar size in openings with rubbed brick flat
arches set with raised key stones and projecting stone sills.
The rear wing incorporates C18 two storey block with hipped
roof and sash windows, originally detached, but now linked to
the main block by C19 extension.
INTERIOR: behind the shop an early C19 staircase with column
newels and stick balusters. In the first-floor front room a
mid C19 marble chimney piece; in the attic a partially exposed
king post truss to roof above the front block.

Listing NGR: SO8307918623

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561811

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)