Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421SW PARK PLACE
630-1/22/634 (East side)
05/05/72 Nos.24 AND 26
and attached railings to No.26
(Formerly Listed as:
PARK PLACE
(East side)
Nos.20-40 (Even))

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas and attached railings to No.26.
c1832. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof, central
stucco stacks and cast- and wrought-iron balconies, railings
and porches.
PLAN: main range with entrance bays set back to sides and
single-storey on basement end service ranges to rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement with attics, 6 first-floor
windows arranged 1:4:1. Stucco detailing to main range
includes pilasters at ends and centre to ground and first
floors with sunk panels, decorated first-floor band and ornate
crowning frieze (both with anthemion motif), cornice, frieze
and cornice; windows have tooled architraves. 6/6 sashes
throughout, those to ground floor are taller. End entrances,
flights of roll-edged steps to 5-panel doors with fanlights
with radial glazing bars. Wide eaves. Attic dormers have
casements. Rear retains 6/6 sashes; round-arched staircase
windows, that to No.24 with 6/6 sash with radial glazing bars
to head.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: porches have scrolled lozenge motif to
uprights and oval and openwork friezes. Individual balconies
to ground floor have double scrolled lozenge motif, a design
used at Nos 1-16 Clarence Square (qv) which was being
developed concurrently. Arrowhead railings to sides of steps
at right with bars and dogbars.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Park Place was developed by 1832.
Forms a group with and abuts Nos 20 and 22 (qv) and Nos 28-40
(even) (qqv).
(Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham:
1975-1984: 34).

Listing NGR: SO9432421358

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667084

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  For the Record
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2