28-34 Tower Street and attached walls

28-34, Tower Street, Cirencester, GL7 1EF

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1298661
Date first listed:
24-May-1993
List Entry Name:
28-34 Tower Street and attached walls
Statutory Address:
28-34, Tower Street, Cirencester, GL7 1EF
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1298661
Date first listed:
24-May-1993
List Entry Name:
28-34 Tower Street and attached walls
Statutory Address 1:
28-34, Tower Street, Cirencester, GL7 1EF

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
28-34, Tower Street, Cirencester, GL7 1EF

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Gloucestershire
District:
Cotswold (District Authority)
Parish:
Cirencester
National Grid Reference:
SP0255001779

Details

SP0201
578-1/6/320

CIRENCESTER
TOWER STREET (east side)
Nos.28-34 (even) and attached walls

GV
II
Formerly known as: Nos. 28-34 Bromley Terrace TOWER STREET.

Four houses. c1860-1870, and late C19. Red brick with limestone ashlar dressings to front, coursed squared limestone to sides, coursed squared limestone rubble and brick to rear; roofs have blue fish scale clay tiles to left (Nos. 30-34), similar red tiles to right (No. 28), rear slopes have plain clay tiles except No. 30, tiled as front. Five ridge and left- and right-end stacks in brick with ashlar dressings largely retain C19 clay pots with moulded tops and faceted corners.

Terrace of three houses to left (Nos. 30-34) with attached late C19 house in matching style breaking forward to right (No. 28). Three storey twelve-window range. First floor has twelve 6/6-pane sashes in ashlar surrounds with keyed lintels and stone cills; second floor has twelve similar windows. Ground floor has eight similar windows and four doors each of six flush panels with single-pane overlights in similar surrounds. Ashlar plinth, band courses over first and second floors, flush quoins to left and right angles.

Attached brick walls with ashlar copings approximately 2 metres high, to far right (No. 28) rebuilt in reconstituted stone, terminated by ashlar piers approximately 2 metres high with recessed round-headed panels to sides and pedimented caps.

INTERIORS; not inspected.

(1st edition 25" OS surveyed 1875).


Listing NGR: SP0255001779

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The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
365458
Legacy System:
LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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