Wraxall House
WRAXALL HOUSE, BROOKWAY ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386559
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Wraxall House
- Statutory Address:
- WRAXALL HOUSE, BROOKWAY ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386559
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Wraxall House
- Statutory Address 1:
- WRAXALL HOUSE, BROOKWAY ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WRAXALL HOUSE, BROOKWAY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cheltenham (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Charlton Kings
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 96274 20980
Details
CHARLTON KINGS
SO9620NW BROOKWAY ROAD 630-1/33/22 (East side) 11/03/80 Wraxall House
GV II
House. 1816. For Sir Nathaniel Wraxall and his wife Jane Lascelles. Stucco facades and slate roof with cast- and wrought-iron porch, railings and balconies. PLAN: main range of 2 storeys with basement, 3 bays of which the outer 2 are canted to full height, and the central bay has a projecting ground-floor lobby; service wing to right of 2-storeys with basement (on different floor levels) a full-height canted bay; conservatory over basement to left; 8 first-floor window range altogether arranged 3:1:3:1. Crested parapet throughout. EXTERIOR: main range: central hallway plan. Flight of round-edged steps to entrance, double part-glazed doors with overlight with Gothic glazing, under tented iron porch. Ground floor has 6-pane French windows with Gothic glazing to heads. First floor has 3-light casements with 4-centred-arched lights to heads. Basement has mainly casement windows. Tented porch with diamond latticework to stanchions and ogee-arched opening; to sides of steps are stick balusters; individual balconies to ground floor have latticework balustrades and swept hoods. Service wing has 2 x 8/8 sashes and 2/2 sash. Conservatory to left has 4-centred-arched lights. Ridge stack. INTERIOR: central open-well staircase has stick balusters and wreathed handrail, ending in the basement. Enriched cornices and reeded doorcases with lion masks; glazed doors with margin-lights lead to conservatory, which has tiled floor. West ground-floor room has small fireplace in Siena and Carrara marbles. Panelled shutters to all windows. First floor originally had barrel-vaulted ceilings, now covered in; 6-panel doors and small Regency fireplaces. Basement has beams to ceilings, Regency fireplace; meat store and pantry. HISTORICAL NOTE: the Wraxall family were probably living at Elborough Cottage, No.36 Cudnall Street (qv) whilst this house was completed. (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin: Cheltenham: 1992-: 8-9).
Listing NGR: SO9627820977
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473951
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin in Charlton Kings Local History Society, (1992), 8-9
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 22-Jun-2026 at 18:43:39.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.