Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9521SW THIRLESTAINE ROAD
630-1/24/942 (North side)
08/01/82 Thirlestaine Court
(Formerly Listed as:
THIRLESTAINE ROAD
(North side)
Main building to Thirlestaine Court
School)

GV II

Villa, now offices. c1840-60 with later additions and
alterations. Ashlar over brick with hipped slate roof, tall
ashlar end stacks with triangular capping on brackets and iron
balcony. Italianate style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement, 2+2 first-floor windows,
with entrance bay set back to left and single-storey extension
to right. Breakforward to right of main range. Ashlar
detailing includes tooled architraves to windows, those to
ground floor at left with cornices; first-floor band; frieze
and wide eaves on brackets. 1/1 sashes in plain reveals with
sills and blind boxes. Porch in angle set back to left, arched
doorway, pierced parapet; flight of steps roll-edged to
recessed 4-fielded-panel door with fanlight.
INTERIOR: 1983 list description notes original staircase with
iron balustrade, and enriched cornices.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: ground-floor balcony has ornate scrolled
panels.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The design for the ironwork is similar to
that produced by the Coalbrookdale Company, Ironbridge:
Ornamental Panel No.36, found also on the Bandstand,
Montpellier Gardens (qv) and on the balustrade of The Savoy
Hotel, Bayshill Road (qv).

Listing NGR: SO9526121186

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667699

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)