Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522NW PITTVILLE CIRCUS
630-1/10/650 (South side)
05/05/72 Stanbrooke House and Rathlin

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas. c1840-50. Builder probably
Edward Cope. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof and tall
stucco end and rear stacks; iron window boxes.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 4 first-floor windows of
which the second and fourth break forwards, with entrance bays
set back to sides, that to left has 2 storeys, that to right a
single storey. Stucco detailing includes first-floor sill
band, tooled architraves to first-floor windows, cornices on
console brackets to ground-floor windows. 6/6 sashes
throughout, larger to ground floor. Entrances: steps to double
4-panel doors with overlights. Eaves band and wide eaves to
main range.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The Circus was laid out in 1839-40 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: SO9548622839

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667100

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)