Promenade House (Echo Office)

PROMENADE HOUSE (ECHO OFFICE), CLARENCE PARADE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1386840
Date first listed:
12-Mar-1955
List Entry Name:
Promenade House (Echo Office)
Statutory Address:
PROMENADE HOUSE (ECHO OFFICE), CLARENCE PARADE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1386840
Date first listed:
12-Mar-1955
List Entry Name:
Promenade House (Echo Office)
Statutory Address 1:
PROMENADE HOUSE (ECHO OFFICE), CLARENCE PARADE

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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
PROMENADE HOUSE (ECHO OFFICE), CLARENCE PARADE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Gloucestershire
District:
Cheltenham (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SO 94787 22396

Details

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE CLARENCE PARADE 630-1/13/255 (South East side) 12/03/55 Promenade House ('Echo' Office)

GV II

Villa, now offices. c1820-50. Brick with stucco facade and concealed roof; iron window guards. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 bays: 5 first-floor windows arranged 2:3:2. Part to left return is on basement. Outer pedimented bays break forward. Stucco detailing includes full-height fluted pilasters to ends of outer bays, architrave, frieze and cornice; windows in tooled architraves, those to ground floor with cornices. First floor has 6/6 sashes. Ground floor has stepped tripartite windows to outer bays: sashes with upper margin-lights. Central tetrastyle Tuscan portico with architrave and frieze with wreaths, cornice; within are renewed glazed doors. Left return of 8 first-floor windows (3:5). Ground floor has horizontal rustication to right part. First-floor band; crowning frieze and cornice. Windows are 1/1 sashes (some with margin-lights), 2/2 and 6/6 sashes; to far left are tripartite windows to ground and first floors in tooled surrounds, that to ground floor also has frieze and cornice, next window-bay has similar surrounds. Entrance to right part, steps to 5-panel door. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: spearhead window guards to basement. For rear of 'Echo' premises see Nos 1-6 Clarence Parade (qv).



Listing NGR: SO9479222404

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Legacy System number:
474251
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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.

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