Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522NW WELLINGTON ROAD
630-1/10/986 (South side)
12/03/55 Little Evesham House
(Formerly Listed as:
WELLINGTON ROAD
No.21
Evesham House (No.21) and Little
Evesham House)

GV II

Includes: No.21 Evesham House EVESHAM ROAD.
2 semi-detached villas. c1833 for Honourable Andrew Ramsay;
Little Evesham House, to south, probably c1841. Stucco over
brick with concealed roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 4 first-floor windows. Stucco
detailing includes 4 Doric pilasters (between windows and
door) to left, continuous first-floor dentil entablature,
which breaks forwards over pilasters; tooled architraves to
first-floor windows; crowning dentil entablature and low
parapet with copings. 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes where
original. All windows in plain reveals and with sills. Ground
floor has 6 openings, the second is round-arched. Entrance to
left in single-storey porch a 4-panel part-glazed door with
sidelights; porch has cornice.
Right return to Evesham Road has 3 first-floor windows.
Entrance to centre has 2 fluted Ionic half-columns in entasis
through ground and first floors to either side of central
window with paired Doric pillars to ends, crowning dentil
entablature. Flight of steps to central entrance a 4-panel
door with sidelights and overlight with margin-lights.
Ground-floor windows have tooled architraves and pediments on
console brackets, that to right in breakforward and with 1/1
lugged sash, that to left a blind window. First floor has 6/6
sashes. Rear retains 6/6 sashes.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
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 John Forbes.
(Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 68).

Listing NGR: SO9527922989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667750

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