Description

CIRENCESTER

SP0202 PARK LANE
578-1/4/256 (West side (off))
14/06/48 Cirencester Park Mansion and
attached offices
(Formerly Listed as:
PARK LANE
Cirencester House)

GV II*

House and attached offices. c1714-1718, probably incorporating
parts of late C16 house, alterations and additions of 1830 by
Sir Robert Smirke. Limestone ashlar to east front, render to
west front, attached offices coursed limestone rubble; Welsh
slate double-pile hipped roof, hipped to left only on east
front, hipped roof to 1830 wing, Welsh slate roof to offices;
12 ashlar stacks with moulded tops to left- and right-ends and
on ridges of main range and 1830 wing, 2 similar ridge stacks
to offices.
East front is 3 storeys and cellar; 15-window range. First
floor has five C19 plate glass sashes in beaded reveals to
left and right, 5 bays broken forward to centre have C19
glazing bar casements in similar reveals. Second floor has 5
early C19 3/3-pane sashes in beaded reveals with stone cills
to each side, five early C18 3/6-pane sashes in similar
reveals to centre. Ground floor addition by Sir Robert Smirke
breaks forward and has 5 round-headed windows with glazing
bars in upper sashes, plate glass below, in deep plain reveals
to left and right; to centre four 2-light casement windows in
plain reveals and central porch with pair of 4-panel hardwood
doors; central 5 bays to ground floor articulated by 3
pilaster strips to left and right and on angles of porch,
moulded stone plinth, frieze and moulded cornice with 8 stone
vases over pilaster strips and at angles of porch. Plinth to
left and right has openings into basement area and simple C19
iron railing; plat band over first floor; modillion eaves
cornice and pediment over 3 bays to centre.
West front is 3 storeys and cellar; 15-window range. Shallow
break forward to centre of 3 bays with segmental pediment
over; single-bay pedimented pavilions break forward to left
and right ends; 1830 wing attached to left.
First floor of main range has fifteen C19 plate glass sashes
in plain reveals with moulded stone cills with half-H aprons
below; second floor has 15 similar sashes. Ground floor has
six C19 two-light plate glass casements; 3 similar
round-headed casements in projecting ground floor addition to
centre and 2 similar casements in pavilions to left and right
all in round-headed rusticated surrounds; 2 half-glazed doors
to left and right in angles formed by projecting pavilions
have overlights with glazing bars and bracketed timber cornice
hoods with flat panels above. Shallow plinth; band course over
first floor; moulded stone eaves cornice and parapet.
1830 wing to left in similar style is 3-storey 2-window range.
First floor has two C19 plate glass sashes; second floor has 2
similar windows. Ground floor has two C19 two-light timber
casements. Shallow plinth; band course over first floor;
moulded stone eaves cornice and parapet.
Attached offices have front to east onto estate yard; 2
storeys to centre and right, single storey and cellar to left;
9-window range. Shallow break forward to centre of 3 bays with
pediment over. Windows to ground and first floors and cellar
all early C19 two-light timber glazing bar casements in plain
reveals with flat arch lintels and stone cills; 3 doors to
ground floor centre of 8 panels, to right with 2 upper panels
glazed. Shallow plinth; pilaster strips flanking centre;
pediment with coping.
INTERIOR of house partially inspected; staircase and gallery
in hall in late C18 style, carved marble chimneypiece to
ground floor front right. Principal rooms said to retain
little original decoration. Proportions of rooms C16 rather
than early C18 suggesting retention of some fabric of earlier
house.
(The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The
Cotswolds: London: 1970-: P.184).

Listing NGR: SP0202102032

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Cirencester Park at Wikipedia
• Cirencester Park official website
• Wikidata IDs Q17536791 Q5121868

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide