BANDSTAND APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES EAST OF MONTPELLIER ROTUNDA
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1103871
Date first listed: 14-Dec-1983
Statutory Address: BANDSTAND APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES EAST OF MONTPELLIER ROTUNDA, MONTPELLIER GARDENS
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Location
Statutory Address: BANDSTAND APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES EAST OF MONTPELLIER ROTUNDA, MONTPELLIER GARDENS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Gloucestershire
District: Cheltenham (District Authority)
National Grid Reference: SO 94559 21802
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History
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Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9421NW MONTPELLIER GARDENS
630-1/18/528 Bandstand approximately 200 metres
14/12/83 east of Montpellier Rotunda
GV II
Bandstand. c1895; restored with original colour scheme by
Cheltenham Civic Society in 1994. Octagonal stone base with
iron columns and balustrade; wooden and ribbed tester with
coved section and scalloped board below moulded eaves;
concealed peaked roof. Steps to south-east. Fluted columns to
angles with acanthus caps and with balustrade between which
has embellished panels of floriate scroll decoration with mask
to centre, the design of which came from a pattern book (held
by Ironbridge Gorge Museum) produced by the Coalbrookdale
Company, Ironbridge: Ornamental Panel No.36. A similar design
is found on the ironwork of Thirlestaine Court, Thirlestaine
Road (qv), and The Savoy Hotel, Bayshill Road (qv).
HISTORICAL NOTE: Montpellier Gardens was laid out for Pearson
Thompson by JB Papworth in 1825-6.
(Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham:
1975-1984: 48; Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion:
Cheltenham: 1993-; Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of
British Architects 1600-1840: London: 1978-: 618).
Listing NGR: SO9455921802
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 475012
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Chatwin, A, Cheltenhams Ornamental Ironwork, (1975-1984), 48
Colvin, H M , A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects 1600-1840, (1954), 618
Sampson, A, Blake, S , A Cheltenham Companion, (1993)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing