Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9521NW LONDON ROAD
630-1/19/477 (South West side)
12/03/55 No.37
The Priory
(Formerly Listed as:
LONDON ROAD
(South side)
No.37
Keynsham Villa)

GV II

Villa, now offices. c1820-30 with later additions and
alterations including range to rear c1980. Stucco over brick
with hipped slate roof and iron window box.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 5 first-floor windows arranged 1:3:1, the
central range projects. Stucco detailing includes Doric
pilasters to ends and breakforward; tooled architraves to
windows, those to ground floor and centre first-floor window,
main range, are eared, otherwise those to first floor have
shoulders and sills on feet; ground-floor central opening has
segmental pediment on corbels, entrance at right has wide
cornice with central pediment; first-floor windows have sills
on feet. Plinth. Mainly 6/6 sashes, taller to ground floor,
the central ground-floor opening is a 6-pane French window
with divided overlight and margin-lights; to far left a 6/6
between 2/2 sash; entrance at far right a 6-fielded-panel door
with side-lights and overlight with glazing bars. Main range
has 2 tall end stacks and 1 rear stack with cornices. Rear has
6/6 sashes.
INTERIOR: open-well staircase with stick balusters and
wreathed handrail; panelled shutters to most windows; central
drawing room has acanthus cornice and vine-leaf ceiling
frieze, ceiling rose, marble fireplace with corbel brackets;
most doors have fluted architraves, some embellished with
anthemion and some with flowers to corners. Room to rear has
similar acanthus cornice and vine ceiling frieze. Dining room
to left has egg-and-dart cornice and floral ceiling frieze,
rear door with margin-lights and coloured glass. Upper hall
has embellished cornice. To first floor one marble
Regency-type fireplace remains.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: to rear a ground-floor window box with
floral motif.
HISTORICAL NOTE: shown on Merrett's Map of 1834.
(Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-).

Listing NGR: SO9546621860

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398382

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)