Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522NE PITTVILLE CIRCUS
630-1/11/648 (South side)
05/05/72 Northlands

GV II

Villa. c1840-50. Builder probably Edward Cope. Stucco over
brick with renewed tile roof and end stucco stacks. Tudor
Gothic style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement and attics, 3 first-floor
windows. End bays break forwards and are gabled. Stucco
detailing includes continuous first-floor sill band;
hoodmoulds with head-stops to ground- and label-stops to
first-floor openings. Ground floor has 3-light mullion and
transom casement windows; first floor has pairs of 1/1 sashes
with central mullion; attics to gables have 2/2 sashes. Gabled
roof dormer has 2/2 sash. Central entrance within
4-centre-arched recess, panelled double doors with sidelights
and overlight with margin-lights. Wide eaves and decorative
barge-boards.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The Circus was laid out in 1840-50 by Cope on
land purchased from Joseph Pitt. However the basic layout of
the Pittville Estate was designed by John Forbes.
(Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham:
1993-: 47,96).

Listing NGR: SO9551422819

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667098

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)