NUMBERS 1 TO 23 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS

NUMBERS 1 TO 23 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, 1 TO 23, LANSDOWN PARADE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1333176
Date first listed:: 12-Mar-1955
List Entry Name:: NUMBERS 1 TO 23 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS
Statutory Address:: NUMBERS 1 TO 23 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, 1 TO 23, LANSDOWN PARADE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1333176
Date first listed:: 12-Mar-1955
List Entry Name:: NUMBERS 1 TO 23 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS
Statutory Address 1:: NUMBERS 1 TO 23 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, 1 TO 23, LANSDOWN PARADE

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Location

Statutory Address:: NUMBERS 1 TO 23 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, 1 TO 23, LANSDOWN PARADE

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County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Cheltenham (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SO 93849 21828

Details

CHELTENHAM

SO9321NE LANSDOWN PARADE 630-1/16/438 (West side) 12/03/55 Nos.1-23 (Consecutive) and attached area railings

GV II*

Terrace of 23 houses and attached railings. 1838-41. Shown as laid out as semi-detached villas on Merrett's Map of 1834, but as a built terrace on Johnson's Map of 1838. By RW Jearrad. Ashlar over brick with slate roof, brick end and party-wall stacks and iron area railings and window guards. Double depth plan with side hall and ranges to rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement, 2 first-floor windows each, and with ranges to rear. The terrace has several break forwards, including to pedimented ranges. Ashlar detailing includes horizontal rustication to basement, voussoirs over basement windows; otherwise windows have tooled architraves, except to Nos 1, 8, 9, 15, 16 and 17, those to ground floor have ears and are raised to form cambered arches; ground-floor windows have sills on feet. Doorways have Greek Doric porches (with architrave, frieze and cornice with guttae, blocking course) paired to left end (Nos 1 and 2) and to Nos 4 and 5, 12 and 13, and 21 and 22, these 3 pairs of houses also have crowning pediments; porch missing to No.8. Continuous cornice blocking course except to pediments. 6/6 sashes where original; to ground floor the windows with cambered arches are tripartite, mainly 1/1 and 6/4 between 3/2 sashes (also a 12/12 sash); straight-headed tripartite window to left has 6/6 between 2/2 sash; several windows retain blind boxes. Flights of roll-edged steps to entrances, mainly 4-panel doors (some part-glazed) with overlights and decorative glazing. Rear retains many 6/6 and 8/8 sashes (some of these with margin-lights); No. 12 retains conservatory with 8/8 sashes and margin-lights. INTERIOR: Many retain original features, varying in the level of embellishment; No.6 has narrow open-well staircase with stick balusters and wreathed handrail, drawing-room has panelled dividing doors and coved cornices with daisies. No.12 has similar staircase, drawing-room has scrolled grape frieze and acanthus cornice, 2 marble fireplaces with carved flowers to corners. No.8 has similar staircase and retains marble fireplaces to drawing-room with circle motif to corners, deep coving. No.13 has similar staircase, archway to hall on acanthus corbel brackets, embellished cornices with egg-and-dart motif, 2 marble Regency fireplaces with circle motif to corners. Otherwise not inspected. Cellar storage space reputed to continue under pavement. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings to Nos 1 and 2 have stick balusters, otherwise mainly with X-motif. Window guards to first-floor, No 1, otherwise several to ground floor have varied motifs. HISTORICAL NOTE: on both Merrett's Map (1834) and Johnson's Map (1838) the Parade is described as Lansdown Villas, Rowe's Guide (written 1845) names it Lansdown Parade and Villas. General Sir William Wish K G B (1787-1853) the Conqueror of the Punjab, lived at No.14. Sir Charles Darling KGB (1809-70) Colonial Administrator, lived at No.7. Verey describes the Parade as `successful in an intimate way. ... Their ashlar fronts and Greek Doric porches look well with the triangular green in front', and that 'the houses have some nicely detailed drawing-room cornices'. Part of the former Lansdowne Estate, a notable example of suburban town planning. (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 69; The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 142; Rowe G: Illustrated Cheltenham Guide: Cheltenham: 1850-1969: 31; Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-; Johnson: Map of Cheltenham: 1838-).

Listing NGR: SO9384921828

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Sources

Books and journals
Merrett, H S , Plan of the Town of Cheltenham, (1834)
Sampson, A, Blake, S , A Cheltenham Companion, (1993), 69
Verey, D , The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970)

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.