Description

PAINSWICK GYDE ROAD
SO 8610/8710
(west side)
6/115
Nos 1 and 2 Gyde
Almshouses
GV II
Pair of almshouses in group of ten. 1913 by Sidney Barnsley under Will of Edwin
Gyde. Dressed squared limestone, concrete tile roof. Symmetrical two-gabled
front, corresponding rear gables with larger stacks, and lower rear wings forming
T-plan. 1½ storeys, each house 1 over 2-windowed, 2-light chamfered-mullion
casements, and small gable slits; windows leaded and under continuous string at
ground floor. Far left and right original plank doors and hinges in slightly
cambered deep-chamfered surrounds; at back late C20 flat roofed porches in
re-entrant angles and various one-light openings. One of five pairs in slightly
varied designs in the best Cotswold tradition. (Hyett, FIA, Glimpses of the
History of Painswick, 1928).

Listing NGR: SO8665810342

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26893519

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair