Lisle House and Wellesley Court Hotel
LISLE HOUSE AND WELLESLEY COURT HOTEL, CLARENCE SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386856
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Lisle House and Wellesley Court Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- LISLE HOUSE AND WELLESLEY COURT HOTEL, CLARENCE SQUARE
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- Date:
- 2001-09-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/03269/19
- Rights:
- © Mr David Ross. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386856
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Lisle House and Wellesley Court Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- LISLE HOUSE AND WELLESLEY COURT HOTEL, CLARENCE SQUARE
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:
- LISLE HOUSE AND WELLESLEY COURT HOTEL, CLARENCE SQUARE
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 95152 22982
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9522NW CLARENCE SQUARE 630-1/10/270 (East side) 12/03/55 Lisle House and Wellesley Court Hotel
GV II
2 houses, now flats and hotel. 1837-8. Stucco over brick with concealed roof and stucco end and ridge stacks (at left). EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement, 4 bays (6 first-floor windows arranged 2:1:1:2), with service range to rear. Centre 2 bays break forward slightly. Stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication drawn into voussoirs over windows to ground-floor outer bays; first-floor band surmounted by fluted Ionic pilasters through ground and first floors, architrave, frieze and dentil cornice; above these are pilasters with frieze and cornice, blocking course. Ground floor: outer bays have 1/1 sashes; centre bays have 1/1 sashes with side-sashes each in pilastered architrave with frieze and cornice. First and second floors: outer bays have 6/6 sashes; otherwise 6/6 between 2/2 sashes, those to first floor are taller and in tooled architraves, all with sills. Basement has tripartite 6/6 between 2/2 sashes to centre and 8/8 sashes. Entrances (alike) set back to returns, 4-panel, part-glazed door with overlight in distyle porch with Ionic columns in antis. Returns have 3 first-floor windows and 3 fluted, full-height Ionic columns. INTERIOR: retains original joinery including shutters to some windows, otherwise not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: 2 continuous 2-bay balconies have scrolled-heart motif. HISTORICAL NOTE: built as part of the development of this area undertaken for Joseph Pitt in 1825-42, the general layout being designed by John Forbes. Wellesley Court Hotel was originally known as Ross House. Clarence Square was laid out in the late 1820s, building began in 1832. The Square was named after the Duke of Clarence, who became William IV in 1830. (Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 62).
Listing NGR: SO9515722988
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 474268
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Blake, S, Pittville 1824-1860, (1988), 62
Legal
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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