Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421SE MONTPELLIER VILLAS
630-1/23/570 (East side)
Nos.16 AND 17

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas. c1824-8 with later alterations.
Probably by John Forbes. Stucco over brick with concealed roof
and stuccoed party-wall stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4 first-floor windows with recessed outer
2-storey, entrance bays. Stucco detailings include first-floor
sill band; crowning frieze and cornice with low, coped
parapet, stepped to centre. 6/6 sashes where original, all in
plain reveals; those to ground floor are taller and in wider
and taller segmental-arched recesses. 6-panel doors with
overlights.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the street was known originally as
Montpellier Retreat. John Forbes was architect and surveyor to
the Pittville Estate c1824-5.
(Blake S: 'The Unfortunate Mr Forbes': Cheltenham Local
History Society Journal: 1898-: 7-27).

Listing NGR: SO9464621494

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667008

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)