Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9523SW PITTVILLE LAWN
630-1/6/671 (East side)
12/03/55 No.79
Ellingham House (Nos.1 and 2) and
attached area railings
(Formerly Listed as:
PITTVILLE LAWN
(East side)
No.79
Ellingham House)

GV II

Villa, now flats and attached area railings. 1840-1. Built by
Solomom Sims, timber merchant, for Susan Dawson, widow, of
Brislington in Somerset. Stucco over brick with concealed
roof, brick and stucco side stacks; wrought-iron verandah to
right return and area railings to rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 4 first-floor windows. Stucco
detailing includes Doric pilasters through ground and first
floors to ends and between windows, crowning architrave,
frieze and cornice; garden facade has similar pilasters,
windows have tooled architraves, those to ground floor with
cornices on console brackets. 6/6 sashes, all openings in
plain reveals and with sills. Entrance to left return, flight
of roll-edged steps to porch with Ionic columns in antis,
architrave, frieze and cornice with blocking course, within a
4-panel, part-glazed door with sidelights and overlight with
glazing bars. Basement has 6/6 sashes where original. Left
return has 4 first-floor windows, the outer blind, otherwise
6/6 sashes. Right return has 4 first-floor windows. Central
breakforward has end pilasters. 6/6 sashes and blind outer
windows, all in tooled architraves.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: verandah to right return with anthemion
motif to uprights and openwork scalloped frieze. Area railings
to rear have X-motif.
HISTORICAL NOTE: built as part of the development of this area
undertaken for Joseph Pitt in 1825-42, the general layout
being designed by the architect Joseph Forbes.
All the villas along Pittville Lawn form a distinguished
architectural group.
(Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 16-17,72;
The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale
and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 152).

Listing NGR: SO9547423295

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667128

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)