This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
CHELTENHAM
SO9422SE IMPERIAL SQUARE 630-1/13/423 (South side) 05/05/72 Town Hall Public House and attached wall
GV II
Public house. c1845-50. Built for Calverts the brewers. Brown stock brick with stucco ground storey and dressings. Slate roof. Italianate style. EXTERIOR: square composition of 3 storeys on all sides, with strong bracketed cornice and parapet and heavy quoins at angles. Fronts towards Gloucester Avenue and Princess Road with stuccoed facade and windows to bar along ground storey, probably later C19 and incorporating projecting iron light fixtures in the form of dragons left and right of entrances; upper portions with 3 windows with stucco surrounds and keystones on each of 2 storeys, the centre windows at first-floor level having swept sides and pediments. The 2 rear facades less symmetrical, with external chimneybreasts protruding and breaking through parapets. INTERIOR: the bar interiors have lost all fittings of special interest save for their cornices, but the exterior makes for a good example of an early Victorian public house. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: high stuccoed wall continues along Princess Road in front of yard. (The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 132; Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 134).
Listing NGR: SO9475022078
This is part of the Series: IOE01/2106 IOE Records taken by Ann Vint; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mrs Ann Vint. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Vint, Ann
Rights Holder: Vint, Ann
Ashlar, Slate, Victorian Town Hall, Civil, Meeting Hall, Public Building
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