Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE ST JAMES'S SQUARE
630-1/13/831 (South side)
05/05/72 St George's Terrace No.5 and
attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
ST JAMES'S SQUARE
(South side)
Nos.5-8
St George's Square)

GV II

House now offices. c1834-50. Stucco over brick with concealed
roof, brick right end, ridge and rear stacks and iron
railings.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 4 first-floor windows.
Roll-moulded plinth. Stucco detailing includes full-height
Doric pilasters to ends and between windows, those 2 to either
side of doorway are closer together to articulate entrance;
first-floor band; crowning entablature. First floor has 6/6
sashes, ground floor has 8/8 sashes; basement has 3/6 sashes;
all in plain reveals and with sills. Off-centre left entrance,
flight of roll-edged steps to 4-panel door with side-lights
and fanlight with inverted-batwing-and-circle motif. Left
return has 3 first-floor windows and single-storey, single-bay
outshut. End pilasters and between second and third windows;
entablature and blocking course with copings. First-floor
band. 6/6 sashes, that to first floor, 3rd bay is blind.
Off-centre left entrance: 6-panel part-glazed double doors
with segmental fanlight with inverted teardrop and circle
motif.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: arrowhead area railings and anthemions to
stanchions.
Verey calls these, 'modest, well-proportioned houses'.
Occupies a corner site and forms a group with and abuts Nos 6,
7 and 8.
(The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale
and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 148).

Listing NGR: SO9458222406

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667460

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)